Coronavirus Claims Life of First ICE Detainee; 705 Others Have Tested Positive
The first ICE detainee to die from the coronavirus was a 57-year-old El Salvador man who had become ill at the Otay Messa Detention Center in San Diego.
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30+ ICE Detainees Have Tested Positive for Coronavirus; 11 Staffers Also Infected.
More than 30 ICE detainees have tested positive for the coronavirus, and immigration advocates are worried its going to get a lot worse.
Inspector General: Immigration Detention Centers Filthy, Inhumane
Several immigration detention centers are so riddled with problems that they “undermine the protection of detainees’ rights, their humane treatment, and the provision of a safe and healthy environment,” according to the Homeland Security inspector general.
Judge: Conditions at Border Patrol Detention Centers Violate Civil Rights
A federal judge plans to order Border Patrol to improve sleeping conditions at detention centers in Arizona, saying the detainees’ civil rights are being violated.
ACLU Lawyer: Border Patrol’s Repeated Abuse of Children Must Stop
By James Lyall, ACLU attorney Huffington Post Detainees wrested from sleep every 30 minutes, the lights in their frigid cells never turned off. One detainee told by officials, don’t lie or you’ll be raped. Another detainee sexually abused by guards. Detainees forced to stand in stress positions. Others denied adequate food, water, and medical treatment…
Border Patrol Flies Immigrants to El Paso Because of Influx Causing Long Delays And Bus Drives
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com So many immigrants crossed into South Texas illegally recently that Border Patrol flew many of them across the state for processing in El Paso Wednesday, the Associated Press reports. More than 100 detainees were flown from Brownsville in an effort to speed up processing following an average of 1,000 arrests a day…
FBI Dir. Mueller Has Concerns Over Detainee Provision
By EVAN PEREZ The Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—FBI Director Robert Mueller on Wednesday said a Pentagon-funding bill that increases military authority over terrorism detainees injects new uncertainty into sensitive national-security investigations. Mr. Mueller’s comments are the first indicating that the joint House-Senate conference bill failed to resolve concerns that had prompted the Obama administration to…