Salvadorans have been legally protected from deportation for 25 years. The administration has declined to eliminate that status, amid a complicated geopolitical relationship.
Incarceration
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Disturbing Pictures of Neglect in ICE Mortality Reviews
The federal government released dozens of mortality reviews of immigrants who died in detention in recent years. They show a uniform pattern of medical neglect.
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Alligator Alcatraz’s Tiny Cages Were Likely Even Tinier
Appalling as photos showing phone booth–sized cages at the Florida camp are, the truth is likely
much worse.
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Two Americas: Anti-ICE Fighters vs. Bootlickers
Elected officials across the country are fighting the federal government’s mass deportation campaign with new laws and funding. But some states are welcoming the shock troops.
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Judge Orders Monitors for Child Detention as Trump Administration Plans Expansion
The order came the day before the Office of Refugee Resettlement held an industry roundtable to discuss new detention facilities for thousands of children.
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Proponents of Solitary Confinement Attempt to Stifle Reform
A New York correctional union and Republican backers are weaponizing a false narrative about solitary confinement and violence.
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In Latin America, Trump Is Bringing Back That Old-Time Imperialism
‘Hondurasgate’ exposed a plan to boost far-right American puppets across the Western Hemisphere.
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ICE Finds New Ways to Expand Detention
Community members in Louisiana packed a board meeting to protest a camp for women and children last week. Only half the board showed up, and one member slept through the meeting.
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Trump Administration Routinely Violating Immigrant Children’s Rights
The 1997 Flores ruling requires immigrant children be released from detention after 20 days. Trump is keeping some for as long as 323 days, new filings in a lawsuit state.
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20th Immigrant Dies in Trump’s Detention Camps
The increase in deaths can’t be attributed to population increase, according to a new Human
Rights Watch analysis.