Immigration Detention Centers

Good News on Immigration Detention But Keeping the Pressure On

Michelle Brané | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics


Michelle Brané

Some 440,000 immigrants and asylum-seekers are expected to be detained in the U.S. this year. We need to be realistic. We need immigration reform and that has to come from Congress.

Obama Admin To Place Federal Monitors In Immigration Detention Centers

AP | SUZANNE GAMBOA and EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to place federal employees in the largest immigration detention facilities in the country to monitor...

Kennedy, Menendez And Gillibrand Introduce Bills To Stop Immigrant Detainee Abuse

The Washington Independent | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics


Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on Thursday responded to a growing number of reports about t...