Border Apprehensions Sharply Decline in June After Large Spike
The number of migrants detained after crossing the Southwest border dropped in June for the first time this year.
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Border Patrol Chief Defends Detention Centers After ‘Concentration Camps’ Comparison
Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost said Thursday that comparing migrant detention facilities to concentration camps is “offensive.”
Advocates Discover Premature Baby in a Crowded Border Patrol Facility
Attorneys visiting a crowded Border Patrol facility in Texas made a startling discovery – a teenage girl in a wheelchair holding a tiny, prematurely born baby.
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.
Lawsuit: Border Patrol Destroyed Surveillance of Conditions at Detention Facilities
Border Patrol officials are accused in a lawsuit of destroying surveillance footage of poor conditions inside detention facilities in Arizona.
Border Patrol’s ‘Icebox’ Conditions Raise Troubling Questions in Court
Border Patrol has come under fire from federal prosecutors and civil-rights advocates following the discovery that immigrants are forced to sleep on cold concrete floors.
ICE Urges Justice Department to Reopen Privatized Facilities for Illegal Immigrants
Immigration and Custom’s Enforcement is urging the Justice Department to reopen at least two privatized facilities to help house an influx of illegal immigrants.
Border Patrol Halts Flights to San Diego, Saying Backlog of Central American Immigrants Decreasing
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Border Patrol’s plan to alleviate the surge of Central American immigrants along the border of Mexico no longer involves flying children and families to San Diego, the USA Today reports. The federal agency halted the experiment following a protest that blocked busloads of immigrants from reaching a processing facility in San Diego….