As the death toll rises in detention, immigrant rights groups demand accountability and transparency #ShutDownAdelanto action honoring those who have died at the Adelanto Detention Facility, August 20, 2016. Photo credit: Tina Shull Washington, DC — Immigrant rights organizations Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC), Detention Watch Network (DWN)

Hugo was last seen on April 13th on a highway between Mexico City and Puebla making a plea on Facebook Live. Here’s how you can help. Photo from Hugo Castro’s Facebook page **UPDATE, 4/18/17 2 p.m.: According to Hugo’s wife Gaba Cortes, he has

CIVIC’s weekly spotlight on crimes committed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This week’s crime: Sexual Assault Map developed by CIVIC with ICE’s DRIL data. For interactive data analytics, visit: www.endisolation.org/sexual-assault. On April 10, the Trump administration announced that it will temporarily suspend publishing

I was born in the dusty streets of Africa, with high ambitions of becoming successful Photo credit: Bernard Spragg, Flikr Creative Commons My father was the sole provider for our family of four children. He was a good father, but he was a busy man, and unfortunately, he passed away

Tentative route. Follow and support the caravan at pueblosinfronteras.org *From *[*Pueblo Sin Fronteras*](http://www.pueblosinfronteras.org/actions-.html)*:* On Sunday, April 9th, a caravan of Central American refugees set foot from the Guatemala-Mexico border and began to make their way north to request asylum in the United States.

CIVIC’s weekly spotlight on crimes committed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This week’s crime: Deaths in Detention A demonstrator carries a coffin at the Eloy Detention Center in Arizona. Photo credit: ©2016 Associated Press and Human Rights Watch’s 2016 report “ U.S.: Deaths in Immigration Detention." Last

Jeanette is a community leader and mother who has lived in the U.S. for over 20 years On February 15, 2017, as Immigration & Customs Enforcement denied Jeanette Vizguerra’s stay of removal, our beloved friend and community activist entered sanctuary at First Unitarian Society of Denver. To support Jeanette

Osmar Epifanio Gonzalez-Gadba is the fifth person to die in immigration detention in 2017 Photo credit: Tina Shull CIVIC is calling for an independent investigation after a Nicaraguan man, Osmar Epifanio Gonzalez-Gadba, 32, died while in U.S. immigration detention after months of incarceration at a privately-run detention center that

CIVIC’s weekly spotlight on crimes committed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This week’s crime: Solitary Confinement Adolfo Aguillon, formerly in solitary confinement at the Theo Lacy Jail, added a bible and angel wings to this drawing of solitary confinement cells at the jail originally published in the Orange