Nearly 1,000 faith leaders and immigration groups urge Biden 'to reverse course' on ICE detention

Nearly 1,000 faith leaders and immigrant rights groups are calling on the Biden administration to halt its expansion of the immigration detention system, writing they “are disturbed by several recent …

San Diego's wretched Otay Mesa immigration prison is seeing near-record COVID-19 cases

When it comes to COVID-19, private prison profiteer CoreCivic’s San Diego immigration prison was at one point the worst hit site in the nation, reporting 98 confirmed cases among detained immigrants …

Biden admin doesn't have to repeat past mistakes. It should release immigrants amid omicron surge

The number of people who have tested positive for COVID-19 while in unnecessary federal immigration detention continues to skyrocket. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported 900 confirmed …

California attorney general seeks rehearing following ruling against state's ban on private prisons

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is seeking to return to court to defend a historic state law state banning private for-profit prisons after a three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit Court of …

Día de Muertos vigils nationwide remember immigrants who've died in immigration custody

Advocates have been remembering immigrants who’ve died while in federal immigration custody in Día de Muertos vigils across the country. The holiday, known in English as Day of the Dead and widely …

Conservative judges overturn California's ban on private prisons—with an assist from the Biden admin

The immigrant rights movement both in California and across the country won a truly historic victory back in 2019, when the state passed a law banning private, for-profit prisons. That included …

Attorney 'can’t say for certain' if ICE retaliated against detainees, but it sure damn looks like it

Did federal immigration officials needlessly transfer a number of immigrants as retaliation for speaking out against inhumane and unsafe conditions at multiple California detention facilities? Centro …