by Suzanne Llewellyn School of the Americas Watch (SOAW) Border Convergence in Nogales, October 2016. Vigil honoring Berta Cáceres (pictured above). Photo credit: Tina Shull I recently visited Honduras on a pilgrimage to identify root causes of migration from that country months after world-renowned indigenous, environmental, women, and human rights
What this week’s non-decision on Jennings v. Rodriguez means for immigrants in detention awaiting a hearing On the last day of this term, the Supreme Court announced that it will re-hear arguments in [Jennings v. Rodriguez](http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/jennings-v-rodriguez/), the case about prolonged immigration detention
*For Immediate Release, June 14, 2017* Press Contact: Christina Mansfield, Co-Executive Director, CIVIC CMansfield@endisolation.org; (802) 999–1025 Adelanto — On Wednesday June, 14, 2017, a group of nearly 30 women detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Adelanto Detention Facility have commenced a hunger strike to protest
by Nicole Ramos Photo credit: Nicole Ramos We walk single file through the port-of-entry: 14 asylum seekers, 3 attorneys, and a cadre of human rights observers. A Mexican official, who never quite identifies himself, begins to take video of us as we walk, surveying us for a reason that I
Maria Ortiz Cortez was released after being detained for a year and a half at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, CA Maria with her children, Brandon and Marisela **UPDATE: CIVIC was able to help raise Maria’s bond, and on her birthday, June 9, 2017, she was released
This week, CIVIC is mourning the loss of two more people who died in immigration detention, Jean Carlos Jiménez-Joseph and Atulkumar Babubhai Patel. Both of these individuals died within 2 days of each other in Georgia. El Refugio, which is the CIVIC-affiliated visitation program at the Stewart Detention Center, was
CIVIC’s weekly spotlight on crimes committed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This week’s crime: Medical Neglect Cesar writes from the Adelanto Detention Facility:We were in quarantine from April 1st to April 20th… I did write to three news publications but it might not have made the
By getting Mexico to do its dirty work — and making tens of thousands of migrants more vulnerable to rape, kidnapping, extortion and murder. by Joseph Sorrentino Evelyn, an asylum-seeker from Guatemala; La Patrona, Veracruz *La Bestia* is running empty now. For years, the freight trains collectively known as “The Beast”
Human Rights Groups Release Report Focused on Georgia Immigration Detention Centers Photo Credit: Steve Pavey “SEGREGATION IS LIKE HELL. IT IS TOTAL ISOLATION.” -Detained Immigrant at the Stewart Detention Center “I HAVE BEEN AT THE DETENTION CENTER FOR EIGHTEEN MONTHS AND I HAVE ASKED FOR NEW SOCKS, UNDERWEAR, AND BLANKETS,
