US: New Report Shines Spotlight on Abuses and Growth in Immigrant Detention Under Trump

Expand A photo of the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson, Texas, which opened in December 2019. © 2019 United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Washington, DC) – The American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Watch, and National Immigrant Justice Center released a first-of-its-kind report today on immigration detention under the Trump administration: “Justice-Free Zones: U.S. Immigration Detention Under the Trump Administration.” The report looks at how the immigrant detention system has grown since 2017, the paltry conditions and medical care – even before the Covid-19 outbreak…

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