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ICE Detention Trends | Vera Institute of Justice

NEW: Vera updated our ICE Detention Trends dashboard with data through mid-June 2025. We’ve analyzed millions of detention history records over a 16-year period. Here are 5️⃣ things that stand out: www.vera.org/ice-detentio...

"The children are being used as bait" Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.

"The children are being used as bait" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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."

Trump's DOJ stripped lifeline legal services from the most vulnerable detained immigrants www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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."

Trump’s DOJ Stripped Lifeline Legal Services From the Most Vulnerable Detained Immigrants.

Three U.S. citizens, ages 2, 4 and 7, swiftly deported from Louisiana The cases have renewed concerns that the Trump administration’s expedited deportations are violating the rights of both citizens and noncitizens.

ICE DEPORTED THREE U.S. CITIZENS, ages 2, 4 and 7, with their moms early Friday per @efelton.bsky.social @maeganvaz.bsky.social. They were seized during a routine check-in and not allowed to call family or lawyers. The 4-year-old, with Stage 4 cancer, was removed without medication
wapo.st/4jJ7BPC

Congressmen Goldman, Crow Lead Letter Demanding Trump Administration Reinstate Funding for Unaccompanied Minors' Legal Representation Washington, DC – Congressmen Dan Goldman (NY-10) and Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06) led 96 of their colleagues in sending a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Inte...

Kids have champions in Congress! Thank you
@crow.house.gov and @repdangoldman.bsky.social
for leading a House letter with nearly 100 members in support of unaccompanied kids!
goldman.house.gov/media/press-...

Trump Administration Halts Funding for Legal Representation of Migrant Children The decision could force thousands of minors who crossed the border alone to go to court without a lawyer, leaving them vulnerable to swift deportation.

Trump Administration Halts Funding for Legal Representation of Migrant Children www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...

Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

🚨 The rights of kids across the U.S. are under attack. Tell your members of Congress to defend unaccompanied kids today at tinyurl.com/protect-kids ⚠️

#protectkids #legalaccess #immigrationlaw #dueprocess #unaccompaniedchildren

Opinion | The assault on DEI? It’s aimed at resegregation. The GOP leaders attacking inclusion programs want to go back to an era when White men ran everything

My latest.

As journalists and writers, we have a duty to use language that is accurate and describes our current reality.

I’m no longer going to talk about DEI/Anti-DEI.

Let’s be clear. We are facing racial purges and re-segregation.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Sanctuary Policies and the DOJ Memo’s Empty Threat of Criminal Liability A leading expert analyzes the Justice Department threat to prosecute state and local officials in sanctuary cities.

What Just Happened: Sanctuary Policies and the DOJ Memo’s Empty Threat of Criminal Liability www.justsecurity.org/106723/sanct...