detention centers
Border congressman among highest funded by group running immigrant detention centers
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, has received $32,400 in political contributions from a company that operates immigrant detention centers — the second most of any elected official in the country […]
Feds Empty Family Detention Centers After Texas Judge’s Ruling
*This looks like it may be the end of family immigrant detention facilities. Vl By Mark Richardson, Public News Service (1.5 minute read) SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Federal immigration centers have begun […]
TX Judge’s Order Blocks Child-Care License for Detention Centers
*Texas wants to call child immigration jails “child care centers.” That whole idea has been stopped, temporarily. Here’s how it was done. VL By Mark Richardson, Public News Service (1.5 minute read) […]
Judge: No “Emergency” to License Detention Centers
*A 1997 lawsuit settlement requires that undocumented children be held in places that protect their overall well-being. The state of Texas asked for emergency licenses for two private centers that […]
Rejecting Obama administration’s appeal, federal judge orders release of children from family detention centers by October
*Homeland Security keeps asking for ways around a 1997 settlement that required that children be released from immigration detention as quickly as possible. This is the second time that Judge […]
America Beyond Detention: Even the birds and animals are free
*This is the first of a three-part series of reports that “examines alternatives to the nation’s burgeoning immigrant detention system. Part I explores the human and financial cost of detention. […]
Experts urge Texas not to license immigration lockups as “child care” centers
*Federal officials plan to open three shelters in Texas and California. There’s been a surge in unaccompanied child crossings compared to last year, more than double the number from October […]
A Judge’s Rebuke of Immigration Detention
*President Obama has until tomorrow to address a federal judge’s order to make drastic changes to the way immigrant children are detained. Detention centers in South Texas are in the […]
Hundreds March in Dilley Protesting Family Detentions
*The Dilley family detention Center, in South Texas, is the largest of its knd, operated by a for-profit company. At $300 per day per detainee, it’s lucrative for the corporation, […]
The Unnecessary Expense of Immigrant Detention
* By Cindy Casares, Texas Observer Over the past decade and a half, the federal governmenthas created a cash cow for private prison companies by detaining record numbers of undocumented […]