News & Commentary about Abuse of Immigration Detention
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![Kevin McAllenan](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web18-kevinmcaleenan-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Jun 14, 2018
Border Patrol Commissioner Kevin McAleenan’s Family Separation Denial
![ICE Road Side Arrest](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-iceroadside-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
May 14, 2018
The Bogus Reasons ICE Uses to Lock Up Asylum Seekers
![Lilian Calderon](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-liliancalderon-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Feb 8, 2018
Mother of Two Goes to Immigration Interview and Ends Up in ICE Detention
![ICE Arrest](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web17-icearrest3-1160x768_0-400x266.jpg)
Aug 2, 2017
Trump Is Locking Up and Threatening to Deport Children Based on Mere Suspicion of Gang Affiliation
![An ICE removal of undocumented immigrants](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog16-iceremoval-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Oct 24, 2016
The Government’s Out-of-Control Detention Practices Could Bail Out the Private Prison Industry
![Warehoused and Forgotten](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/blog16-warehousedandforgotten-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
May 4, 2016
The Best Way of Stopping Out-of-Control Immigration Prosecutions Is to Avoid Them in the First Place
![File with "Wrongful Death" printed on it and judge's gavel](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web16-blog-wrongfuldeath-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Feb 25, 2016
When Immigration Detention Becomes a Death Sentence
![CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/web15-cbp-kerlikowske-1160x768-400x266.jpg)
Aug 31, 2015
A Federal Judge Denounced the ‘Egregious Conditions’ of Border Patrol Holding Cells: Will Anything Change?
![CBP Border Patrol agent conducts a pat down of a female Mexican being placed in a holding facility.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2019/09/cbp_pat_down-400x266.jpg)
Aug 10, 2015
President Obama Wants to Continue Imprisoning Immigrant Families