Tagged: Immigration Detention
In what’s become a ritual on Capitol Hill, the U.S. House and Senate faced off in a government shutdown showdown this week. FSRN’s Nell Abram has more. Download Audio Friday morning, the House authorized...
Four months after Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court ordered the shut-down of the Manus Island detention center, more than 800 detainees await an uncertain fate. The Court is considering an application for summary judgment...
Today marks 10 years since Operation Streamline took effect. The policy significantly increased the caseloads in criminal courts along the southern U.S. border by criminalizing what used to be a civil offense: illegal re-entry...
More than 100 refugees in three separate U.S. immigration detention facilities began a hunger strike Wednesday night, calling for their release on parole or supervision. Nell Abram has more. Download Audio All of the...
A group of activists locked down in formation at the entry and exit points of a privately-owned and operated immigration detention center in Washington state this morning. Shannon Young has more. Download Audio Members...
Hear/read Saadia Malik’s accompanying report. To see all 15 pieces that make up the Visions from the Inside series and to read the artist statements that accompany each, visit the project’s website at: http://visionsfromtheinside.tumblr.com/...
A federal judge has ruled against the Obama administration’s policy of holding asylum-seeking women and children in immigration detention for months at a time. It’s the second federal court ruling against prolonged family immigration...
Millions of undocumented immigrants whose children are either US citizens or legal residents continue to wait for the resolution of a court case brought by Texas and 25 other states against President Barack Obama’s...
Asylum-seeking mothers held in detention with their children at a for-profit facility in South Texas have initiated a second protest fast and work stoppage calling for their release. The women have all passed what...
FCC approves measure to categorize internet service as a public utility DHS budget becomes the latest partisan funding impasse on Capitol Hill Prisoner transfers continue after weekend uprising in Texas “tent city” facility Wisconsin...