News & Commentary about Abuse of Immigration Detention
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![US Customs and Border Protection building facade.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/01/us-customs-and-border-protection-building-facade-b-400x266.jpg)
Jan 12, 2024
Government Agencies Shouldn't Be Allowed to Destroy Their Paper Trail of Medical Abuse and Neglect
![A hand holding up a "With LGBT Refugees" sign.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/10/with-lgbtq-refugees-sign-b-400x266.jpg)
Oct 10, 2023
Asylum Seeker's Wrongful 6-Year Detention is Emblematic of a Broken System
![Protestors march in front of the ICE Company, The Geo Group building, demanding the end of private prisons.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/08/anti-private-prison-protest-geo-b-400x266.jpg)
Aug 7, 2023
Unchecked Growth: Private Prison Corporations and Immigration Detention, Three Years Into the Biden Administration
![Activists march to the White House to demand no asylum ban and no family detention.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/05/white-house-protest-banner-400x266.jpg)
May 5, 2023
Showing Up to Protect the Right to Seek Asylum
![A young child holds on to her mother legs as they wait with other families to request political asylum in the United States, across the border in Tijuana, Mexico.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/11/DHS_ANNIVERSARY-Blog-V3-400x266.jpg)
Nov 23, 2022
20 Years Later, It’s Time to Overhaul the Department of Homeland Security
![The U.S.-Mexico border.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/09/Asylum_Blog-400x266.jpg)
Sep 29, 2022
Five Things to Know About the Right to Seek Asylum
![Delegates converse while in attendace at the United Nations General Assembly on October 26, 2022 in New York City.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/08/UN-287-G-Blog-400x266.jpg)
Aug 31, 2022
UN Racial Justice Experts Call on Biden to End the 287(g) Program
![Two detainees seen waiting through a window behind closed doors.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/06/ICE-Defense-Blog-400x266.jpg)
Jun 22, 2022
Without Access to Counsel, Detained Immigrants Face Increased Risks of Prolonged Detention and Unlawful Deportation
![Migrants in line to seek asylum in Matamoros, Mexico.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/03/MPP_Blog-400x266.jpg)
Mar 2, 2022
Llegamos en Busca de Asilo, Pero Lo Que Encontramos Fue Peligro
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Jan 27, 2022
Why Is America So Keen on Separating Families?