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Thread: ICE detention oversight. The GAO issued a new report on oversight and inspections of ICE detention facilities. www.gao.gov/products/gao.... It confirms what advocates have said for years: DHS has failed to conduct effective oversight of conditions in ICE detention facilities. 1/
Immigration Detention: DHS Should Define Goals and Measures to Assess Facility Inspection Programs
The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement use various inspection programs to help ensure that detention...
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May 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Thread: ICE detention oversight. The GAO issued a new report on oversight and inspections of ICE detention facilities. www.gao.gov/products/gao.... It confirms what advocates have said for years: DHS has failed to conduct effective oversight of conditions in ICE detention facilities. 1/
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"Without funding, that 7-year old boy sitting on the wooden bench in the courtroom, waiting for his case to be called, will have to continue to defend himself in immigration court without an advocate by his side."
For more on CHIRP, continue reading in @sacbee.com ▶️ www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
For more on CHIRP, continue reading in @sacbee.com ▶️ www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
May 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"Without funding, that 7-year old boy sitting on the wooden bench in the courtroom, waiting for his case to be called, will have to continue to defend himself in immigration court without an advocate by his side."
For more on CHIRP, continue reading in @sacbee.com ▶️ www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
For more on CHIRP, continue reading in @sacbee.com ▶️ www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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🚨The Trump administration is ending our program to defend people in immigration detention who cannot defend themselves due to severe mental health needs, known as the National Qualified Representative Program (NQRP).
Read more in @motherjones.com ▶️ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Read more in @motherjones.com ▶️ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump's DOJ stripped lifeline legal services from the most vulnerable detained immigrants
"Without a lawyer, people don't have a prayer. They don't have a chance in hell."
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May 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🚨The Trump administration is ending our program to defend people in immigration detention who cannot defend themselves due to severe mental health needs, known as the National Qualified Representative Program (NQRP).
Read more in @motherjones.com ▶️ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Read more in @motherjones.com ▶️ www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Acacia Center for Justice welcomes a federal court's preliminary injunction that temporarily stops the government from withdrawing services or funds for direct legal representation services to unaccompanied children 🐻 ⚖️
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A temporary reprieve for unaccompanied kids
Preliminary injunction prevents the government from withdrawing services or funds for legal representation to unaccompanied children while the case is pending
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April 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Acacia Center for Justice welcomes a federal court's preliminary injunction that temporarily stops the government from withdrawing services or funds for direct legal representation services to unaccompanied children 🐻 ⚖️
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Another death resulting from the Trump administration's cruel immigration enforcement and detention policies. Remember Marie Ange Blaise, 44 years old.
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Haitian woman dies in US immigration detention
At least six others have died in ICE custody in fiscal 2025, which began in October, ICE data shows.
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April 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Another death resulting from the Trump administration's cruel immigration enforcement and detention policies. Remember Marie Ange Blaise, 44 years old.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Solitary confinement is meant to be rare and used only as a last resort — yet ICE is using it more than ever.
Behind barbed wire and locked doors, thousands of people are being isolated in silence.
No sunlight. No human contact. No accountability.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/mrup4ty4
Behind barbed wire and locked doors, thousands of people are being isolated in silence.
No sunlight. No human contact. No accountability.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/mrup4ty4
April 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Solitary confinement is meant to be rare and used only as a last resort — yet ICE is using it more than ever.
Behind barbed wire and locked doors, thousands of people are being isolated in silence.
No sunlight. No human contact. No accountability.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/mrup4ty4
Behind barbed wire and locked doors, thousands of people are being isolated in silence.
No sunlight. No human contact. No accountability.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/mrup4ty4
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"After the six-month extension, there are a lot of open questions about what protections these vulnerable kids will have," Shaina Aber, executive director of the Acacia Center for Justice, said
"It is incredibly important that children are provided with an understanding of their rights to be safe and free from harm and to report rights violations to independent legal services providers who can advocate on behalf of children."
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April 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"After the six-month extension, there are a lot of open questions about what protections these vulnerable kids will have," Shaina Aber, executive director of the Acacia Center for Justice, said
"It is incredibly important that children are provided with an understanding of their rights to be safe and free from harm and to report rights violations to independent legal services providers who can advocate on behalf of children."
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April 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"It is incredibly important that children are provided with an understanding of their rights to be safe and free from harm and to report rights violations to independent legal services providers who can advocate on behalf of children."
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“The law doesn’t permit Border Patrol to assume that people are violating immigration law because they’re Brown.”
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Border Patrol to retrain hundreds of California agents on how to comply with the Constitution
After immigration sweeps in Kern County and a CalMatters investigation, the federal government will train California agents on when they can stop people.
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April 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“The law doesn’t permit Border Patrol to assume that people are violating immigration law because they’re Brown.”
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They wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely. boltsmag.org/califor...
On Solitary Confinement, California Officials Side With the Prison System—Again
Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.
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April 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
They wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely. boltsmag.org/califor...
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Join us 6-8pm 4/7 TONIGHT for The Strike – online film screening of this award-winning documentary on the hunger strike against solitary confinement that took place at Pelican Bay prison in California in 2013. Followed by a discussion with key leaders.
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April 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Join us 6-8pm 4/7 TONIGHT for The Strike – online film screening of this award-winning documentary on the hunger strike against solitary confinement that took place at Pelican Bay prison in California in 2013. Followed by a discussion with key leaders.
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A federal judge in California on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian: www.npr.org/2025/04/02/n...
Judge orders White House to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children
A federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian.
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April 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A federal judge in California on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore legal aid to tens of thousands of migrant children who are in the United States without a parent or guardian: www.npr.org/2025/04/02/n...
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#BreakingNews On 3/21/25 we received a near total termination of our federal contract for legal services under the Unaccompanied Children Program (UCP). No child should ever face a heartless immigration system w/o a lawyer by their side. #SaveUCP
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March 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
#BreakingNews On 3/21/25 we received a near total termination of our federal contract for legal services under the Unaccompanied Children Program (UCP). No child should ever face a heartless immigration system w/o a lawyer by their side. #SaveUCP
Read:
www.immdef.org/blog/ucpcont...
Read:
www.immdef.org/blog/ucpcont...
The administration’s decision to end these services undermines due process, disproportionately impacts vulnerable children, and puts children who have already experienced severe trauma at risk for further irreparable harm or exploitation.
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Acacia Center for Justice Decries Administration’s Termination of Representation for Unaccompanied Children
“The administration’s decision to end these services undermines due process, disproportionately impacts vulnerable children, and puts children who have already experienced severe trauma at risk for fu...
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March 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The administration’s decision to end these services undermines due process, disproportionately impacts vulnerable children, and puts children who have already experienced severe trauma at risk for further irreparable harm or exploitation.
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Farming groups are looking to stabilize their workforce amid the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.
But which workforce should be prioritized in legislation: the undocumented domestic workers who have toiled in the fields for decades or foreign guest workers on H-2A visas?
But which workforce should be prioritized in legislation: the undocumented domestic workers who have toiled in the fields for decades or foreign guest workers on H-2A visas?
California farm groups look to stabilize workforce amid crackdown on illegal immigration
As the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration, California farm groups are working to influence legislation that would ensure a stable supply of laborers for an industry long reliant o...
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March 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Farming groups are looking to stabilize their workforce amid the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.
But which workforce should be prioritized in legislation: the undocumented domestic workers who have toiled in the fields for decades or foreign guest workers on H-2A visas?
But which workforce should be prioritized in legislation: the undocumented domestic workers who have toiled in the fields for decades or foreign guest workers on H-2A visas?
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The Department of the Interior has reversed course on a stop-work order issued Feb. 18 to at least one legal service provider for unaccompanied minors in California, according to an internal memo.
February 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The Department of the Interior has reversed course on a stop-work order issued Feb. 18 to at least one legal service provider for unaccompanied minors in California, according to an internal memo.
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The Trump Administration on Friday restored a program that funds lawyers representing unaccompanied minors in immigration court, days after halting it with little explanation.
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Trump administration reinstates funds for lawyers representing 26,000 children in immigration court
Trump administration reverses itself on a program providing lawyers for 4,000 migrant children in immigration court.
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February 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The Trump Administration on Friday restored a program that funds lawyers representing unaccompanied minors in immigration court, days after halting it with little explanation.
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Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.
boltsmag.org/califor...
boltsmag.org/califor...
On Solitary Confinement, California Officials Side With the Prison System—Again
Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.
boltsmag.org
February 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.
boltsmag.org/califor...
boltsmag.org/califor...
“We’re in the middle of our citrus harvesting." said Casey Creamer, president of the industry group California Citrus Mutual, on Thursday. “People aren’t going to work and kids aren’t going to school. Yesterday about 25% of the workforce, today 75% didn’t show up.”
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'People aren't going to work': A surprising immigration raid set off fears in California farm country
‘If this is the new normal, this is absolute economic devastation,’ says local economist.
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January 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
“We’re in the middle of our citrus harvesting." said Casey Creamer, president of the industry group California Citrus Mutual, on Thursday. “People aren’t going to work and kids aren’t going to school. Yesterday about 25% of the workforce, today 75% didn’t show up.”
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