Center for Human Rights & Constitutional Law

Children in ICE Detention Skyrocket in Trump’s Second Term With a six-fold jump in children in detention, advocates allege harrowing conditions are putting kids’ lives at risk.

The number of children in ICE detention on an average day has skyrocketed 6x since Trump took an office. Families complain of poor medical care and worm-infested food.

"It’s only a matter of time before we see a child die," one advocate said.

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Our government is increasingly lawless - it is moving with reckless speed to destroy our immigrant & refugee communities, & when it is found to have violated the law it is frequently ignoring Courts & their rulings.

We'll keep fighting in the courts, but this is why community action matters.

🧸💛 Today at the Alight Minneapolis Hub, volunteers packed donated toys into care packages for children of refugee families affected by Operation PARRIS.

Each toy was chosen with care to remind families they are seen and not alone.

You can still help by making a donation:
https://bit.ly/4bsN69i

While ICE is arresting, imprisoning, & abusing our children, Trump is seeking to eliminate necessary transparency & protections in the dark places that jail them.

Flores is more necessary than ever. Join our fight to safeguard it.

Trump's Immigration Crackdown Has Led to Two Dozen Violent or Fatal Arrests - But ICE Doesn't Track the Incidents - Documented While the agency is required to release reports after the death of detained immigrants, ICE does not have to report on injuries or deaths that happen during arrests.

ICE is required to report the deaths of detained immigrants, but does not have to report on injuries/deaths that happen during arrests incl 24 recent violent/fatal arrests. Congress needs to fix this by required full 360-reporting on ICE deaths.

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Their expertise strengthens our fight to ensure the rights of children jailed in federal immigration custody are protected, and the government is held accountable.
#ProtectFlores

⚖️ @youthlaw.bsky.social & @childrens-rights.bsky.social

More at: bit.ly/ProtectFlores

Grateful to have US Senators, State Attorneys General's Offices and 180+ youth + immigration organizations & experts file amicus briefs in support of the Flores Settlement Agreement.

Flores is a foundational legal safeguard for immigrant children detained in federal custody.

bit.ly/ProtectFlores

REAKING: A federal judge in Minnesota has barred the Trump administration from arresting / detaining the state's 5,600 refugees while they await lawful permanent resident status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A big win for refugees in Minnesota who came to our country seeking peace but instead are being terrorized by ICE.

A federal judge today agreed with @chrclla.bsky.social + @irap.bsky.social & co counsel, and froze ICE’s unlawful arrests.

Really proud of my team.

The fight continues!

Court Orders ICE To Stop Unlawful Arrest and Detention of Refugees | International Refugee Assistance Project

BREAKING: A federal judge just granted a temporary restraining order stopping ICE from arresting refugees in Minnesota and ordering the release of those currently detained. This is a huge win for ICE accountability.

Read more:

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USA migrant crackdown: UN Human Rights Chief decries dehumanisation, harmful policies and practices GENEVA - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday called on the United States to ensure that its migration policies and enforcement practices respect human dignity and due process rights, decrying ...

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday called on the US to ensure that its migration policies and enforcement practices respect human dignity and due process rights, decrying the dehumanising portrayal and harmful treatment of migrants and refugees

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Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.

Trump and his ICE mob are terrorizing our neighborhoods and making hard working immigrant families live in constant fear being ripped from their communities.

Call your senators. Demand that they stand against ICE and Trump’s terror campaign!

#IceOut

Policing an armed society requires a commitment to transparency and accountability, Barry Friedman and Brandon del Pozo argue, and “in this regard, ICE and the federal government have failed dismally.” theatln.tc/WNPv6Xfh

Join us for a free CLE webinar: Don’t Surrender the Narrative: Reclaiming Legislative Intent through Effective Legislative Research.

Date: Thursday, January 29, 2026
Time: 12-1:00 pm PT
Register: bit.ly/CHRCL-JAN29

Every state in the country, Blue and Red, jails children. They even have special jails for them, how nice of us. We should not be jailing any children ever (or adults for that matter)

If a non-citizen neighbor gets kidnapped by ICE, you supposedly have about 4-5 hours to file a habeas petition in Minnesota to prevent ICE from shipping people to Texas. They are moving people that quickly regardless of whether or not they have legal status.

Over 1,000 national and regional organizations call on Congress: Not one dollar of funding for ICE or CBP. Claw back the billions given to them over the summer that they have used to brutalize Black and Brown people, immigrants, and allies nationwide.

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Greg Bovino Loses His Job The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.

Breaking via The Atlantic:

Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role as Border Patrol 'commander at large' and will return to his former job in El Centro, California, where he is expected to retire soon, according to a DHS official and two people with knowledge of the change.

For decades, our government has ignored the requirements of our Constitution & federal law - jailing immigrant children & families in torturous conditions and for extended periods of time.

@chrclla.bsky.social represents these folks, & fights for a simple truth: children deserve to be free.

Purple graphic with the following text - Breaking News: Refugees Sue Trump Administration to Stop ICE Terror Campaign. Minnesota Refugees Face Unlawful Arrest, Detention, and Interrogation. Right side of graphic has logos of the International Refugee Assistance Project, The Advocates for Human Rights, Berger Montague, and the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law

BREAKING: ICE is going door to door in Minnesota detaining refugees without explanation, probable cause, or due process.

Last night, IRAP, Berger Montague, @chrclla.bsky.social, @advhumanrights.bsky.social sued to stop ICE’s campaign of terror and intimidation.
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Our government is brutally arresting, imprisoning, & banishing refugees in Minnesota to immigrant prisons in Texas - all in violation of the law, our values, and basic human dignity.

Proud of my team at @chrclla.bsky.social & our co-counsel for fighting for justice in MN & beyond.

Judge Rejects Trump’s Attempt to End Standards of Care for Detained Migrant Children

Here’s a summary of why we won:

Reports of unsafe & unsanitary conditions in border stations have mounted since President Trump took office…firsthand accounts from children who described being confined for days in frigid, windowless rooms without access to showers, private toilets or the outdoors.

“CBP did not tell the Office of Refugee Resettlement which children it had separated at the border, and CBP systems did not link separated children’s records with those of their parents. A federal judge observed … that the gov’t kept better records of property than of the children in its care.”

This is such an important point. That 5-year-old and his dad should never been detained in the first place! That's because they were already in the system and going through the legal process to seek asylum — and their arrest was seemingly just to juice ICE's numbers.

We are horrified by reports that ICE detained a five-year-old child in Minnesota, along with other young children. This is a matter of basic humanity. Children deserve safety, dignity, and care. Anything less is a moral failure.

This is a lie.

My @chrclla.bsky.social team represents every child imprisoned CBP & ICE. We routinely speak to children & families who suffer torturous conditions in CBP facilities.

PBS News Hour | Families say children held by ICE face unsanitary conditions | Season 2026 Migrant families allege children held by ICE face unsafe and unsanitary conditions

WATCH: NCYL’s @rwolozin.bsky.social joined @pbsnews.org to discuss immigrant children in family detention and the lack of safe food, clean water, and medical care. We continue fighting for the rights of every child the government chooses to detain.

Video: www.pbs.org/video/family...

ICE says it detains the "worst of the worst." Meet Liam Ramos, age 5.

"This is another place where the Supreme Court's gradual cutting back on the scope of the Bivens remedy—the civil action against federal agents for violating the Constitution, including the Fourth Amendment—may make the most obvious form of judicial review unavailable."