Will the COVID-19 pandemic be the catalyst for overhauling the systemic torture of immigration detention? Melanie Pino-Elliott isn't so sure.

Jonathan, a gay man who fled El Salvador after being sexually assaulted by the police, fears his final pleas for asylum will be denied.

"Después de lo sucedido estaba destrozado por dentro. Unas personas pierden una mano o un pie pero yo perdí mi dignidad, mi vida, mi hombría."

"After what happened, I was destroyed inside. Some people lose a hand or a foot but I lost my dignity, my life, my masculinity."

The word of two Guatemalan migrant minors versus that of the largest and one of the most secretive law enforcement agencies in the United States. What does it take to believe women who decide to come forward?

We’re putting #ICEontrial over systemic abuse against immigrants. This week, Freedom for Immigrants (formerly known as CIVIC) sent ICE Director Thomas Homan and Attorney General Jeff Sessions notices to appear at the People’s Tribunal in Washington, D.C. For too long, these leaders have sat quietly by while

Sign this petition from Grassroots Leadership Source: Grassroots Leadership Originally published by Grassroots Leadership**on November 6, 2017: by Christina Parker A letter from inside a controversial detention center contains new reports of sexual assault and retaliation against women detained in an immigrant detention center near Austin. The T. Don

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