The federal stimulus payment program ignores the hardships that the pandemic poses for mixed-status families.
Immigration
Posted inLaw and Justice
‘This Virus Kills Way Too Many People.’ Hunger-Striking ICE Detainees Demand Answers.
Across the country, hunger strikes in ICE detention centers are taking on new urgency during the pandemic.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Cameroonian Asylum Seeker, Detained for Three Years, Released From ICE Custody
A lawsuit brought the release of four asylum seekers in California during the coronavirus outbreak. But advocates warn this is just the beginning.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: COVID-19 in Our Jails, Prisons, and ICE Detention Centers
And we all will bear the costs. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for April 11, 2020.
Posted inLaw and Justice
As COVID-19 Spreads, a County Jail in Ohio Is Ill-Prepared
The Morrow County jail already lacked adequate sanitary measures. ‘I’m scared to death that if he gets this he could die,’ says a family member of an ICE detainee at the facility.
Posted inCoronavirus
America’s Farmworkers—Now ‘Essential,’ but Denied the Just-Enacted Benefits
The undocumented workers who pick the nation’s food are excluded from the CARES Act.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The ACLU Wants Immigrants Out of ICE Detention Now
Amid a pandemic, the group’s lawsuits in federal courts around the country contend that keeping at-risk immigrants in ICE detention constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
Posted inCoronavirus
The Risks—for Pregnant Women, ICE Detainees, and All of Us
An Ohio doctor on coronavirus and pregnancy, rural patients, and detention facilities
Posted inLaw and Justice
Immigrant Detention During COVID-19 Is a Worsening Nightmare
A Cameroonian woman’s story shows how COVID-19 is poised to devastate asylum seekers.
Posted inPolitics
Latino Organizing Boosts Sanders in North Carolina
The work is intended to build capacity for immigrant rights movements in the future.
