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Immigration Detention: DHS Should Define Goals and Measures to Assess Facility Inspection Programs The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement use various inspection programs to help ensure that detention...

Thread: ICE detention oversight. The GAO issued a new report on oversight and inspections of ICE detention facilities. www.gao.gov/products/gao.... It confirms what advocates have said for years: DHS has failed to conduct effective oversight of conditions in ICE detention facilities. 1/

"Without funding, that 7-year old boy sitting on the wooden bench in the courtroom, waiting for his case to be called, will have to continue to defend himself in immigration court without an advocate by his side."

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Trump's DOJ stripped lifeline legal services from the most vulnerable detained immigrants "Without a lawyer, people don't have a prayer. They don't have a chance in hell."

🚨The Trump administration is ending our program to defend people in immigration detention who cannot defend themselves due to severe mental health needs, known as the National Qualified Representative Program (NQRP).

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A temporary reprieve for unaccompanied kids Preliminary injunction prevents the government from withdrawing services or funds for legal representation to unaccompanied children while the case is pending

The Acacia Center for Justice welcomes a federal court's preliminary injunction that temporarily stops the government from withdrawing services or funds for direct legal representation services to unaccompanied children 🐻 ⚖️

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Haitian woman dies in US immigration detention At least six others have died in ICE custody in fiscal 2025, which began in October, ICE data shows.

Another death resulting from the Trump administration's cruel immigration enforcement and detention policies. Remember Marie Ange Blaise, 44 years old.
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Solitary confinement is meant to be rare and used only as a last resort — yet ICE is using it more than ever.
Behind barbed wire and locked doors, thousands of people are being isolated in silence.
No sunlight. No human contact. No accountability.

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"After the six-month extension, there are a lot of open questions about what protections these vulnerable kids will have," Shaina Aber, executive director of the Acacia Center for Justice, said

"It is incredibly important that children are provided with an understanding of their rights to be safe and free from harm and to report rights violations to independent legal services providers who can advocate on behalf of children."

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Bipartisan senators rebuke White House move to end legal aid for unaccompanied minors The letter obtained by NPR marks a rare bipartisan critique from Capitol Hill of the administration's immigration policy.

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Border Patrol to retrain hundreds of California agents on how to comply with the Constitution After immigration sweeps in Kern County and a CalMatters investigation, the federal government will train California agents on when they can stop people.

“The law doesn’t permit Border Patrol to assume that people are violating immigration law because they’re Brown.”

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On Solitary Confinement, California Officials Side With the Prison System—Again Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.

They wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely. boltsmag.org/califor...

Join us 6-8pm 4/7 TONIGHT for The Strike – online film screening of this award-winning documentary on the hunger strike against solitary confinement that took place at Pelican Bay prison in California in 2013. Followed by a discussion with key leaders.
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Trump admin locking up families, children at NY-Canada crossings U.S. Customs and Border Protection is detaining families with young children for days and weeks at crossings along the New York-Canada border

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Judge orders White House to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children A federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian.

A federal judge in California on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian: www.npr.org/2025/04/02/n...

Italian government approved use of spyware on members of refugee NGO, MPs told National security committee is investigating whether secret services breached law by using surveillance tool to monitor activists and journalists

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#BreakingNews On 3/21/25 we received a near total termination of our federal contract for legal services under the Unaccompanied Children Program (UCP). No child should ever face a heartless immigration system w/o a lawyer by their side. #SaveUCP
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Acacia Center for Justice Decries Administration’s Termination of Representation for Unaccompanied Children “The administration’s decision to end these services undermines due process, disproportionately impacts vulnerable children, and puts children who have already experienced severe trauma at risk for fu...

The administration’s decision to end these services undermines due process, disproportionately impacts vulnerable children, and puts children who have already experienced severe trauma at risk for further irreparable harm or exploitation.

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California farm groups look to stabilize workforce amid crackdown on illegal immigration As the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration, California farm groups are working to influence legislation that would ensure a stable supply of laborers for an industry long reliant o...

Farming groups are looking to stabilize their workforce amid the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.

But which workforce should be prioritized in legislation: the undocumented domestic workers who have toiled in the fields for decades or foreign guest workers on H-2A visas?

The Department of the Interior has reversed course on a stop-work order issued Feb. 18 to at least one legal service provider for unaccompanied minors in California, according to an internal memo.

Trump administration reinstates funds for lawyers representing 26,000 children in immigration court Trump administration reverses itself on a program providing lawyers for 4,000 migrant children in immigration court.

The Trump Administration on Friday restored a program that funds lawyers representing unaccompanied minors in immigration court, days after halting it with little explanation.

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On Solitary Confinement, California Officials Side With the Prison System—Again Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.

Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.
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California lawmakers approve $50M for Trump lawsuits, immigrant aid The state’s Republican minority argued it’s foolish to be taking on Trump when California is trying to secure federal wildfire aid.

California lawmakers approve $50M for Trump lawsuits, immigrant aid

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'They just got my uncle': Immigration arrests spark fear among farmworkers in Central Valley Dozens have been arrested in the heavily agricultural Kern County during a multiple-day operation by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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'People aren't going to work': A surprising immigration raid set off fears in California farm country ‘If this is the new normal, this is absolute economic devastation,’ says local economist.

“We’re in the middle of our citrus harvesting." said Casey Creamer, president of the industry group California Citrus Mutual, on Thursday. “People aren’t going to work and kids aren’t going to school. Yesterday about 25% of the workforce, today 75% didn’t show up.”

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New California immigration raids are 'sowing chaos' Dozens of people have reportedly been arrested during Border Patrol operations throughout the week.

United Farm Workers union said on that its members had been "randomly detained while traveling home from work" in Kern County, and the California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice (CCIJ) branded the raids as "intimidation tactics and racial profiling."

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On Solitary Confinement, California Officials Side With the Prison System—Again Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.

Efforts to end solitary confinement in California’s prisons have met fierce resistance from state prison officials and political forces. Advocates say a new law allowing isolation of pregnant women marks a grim turn in the fight for meaningful reform. boltsmag.org/califor...

Immigration Police Can Already Sidestep US Sanctuary City Laws Using Data-Sharing Fusion Centers Built to combat terrorism, fusion centers give US Immigration and Customs Enforcement a way to gain access to data that’s meant to be protected under city laws limiting local police cooperation with I...

www.wired.com/story/ice-sa... keep an eye on what fusion centers are up to in the months to come

On Solitary Confinement, California Officials Side With the Prison System—Again Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.

In California, activists continue to fight against the practice of placing pregnant women in solitary confinement. One woman describes giving birth shackled to a hospital bed as "the most degrading, inhumane thing that I've ever gone through." boltsmag.org/califor...