Yeslin, just 9, speaks out from inside the Berks Family detention center
Via DreamACTivist.org Yeslin, just 9, speaks out from inside the Berks Family detention center. This 9 year old has spend a year locked up in jail, with her 2 year…
By Micah Bazant, Part of the Visions From The Inside collaboration. Link: http://visionsfromtheinside.tumblr.com/
Rape victims in family detention threatened with criminal prosecution for reporting
Obama’s Family Detention Policy: Threaten Rape Victims With Criminal Prosecution As originally posted on Amjo Law by Bryan Johnson on June 9, 2016 This is the second part in a series…
#EndFamilyDetention hashtag campaign goes international
This week, the internet saw photos from across the world with the #EndFamilyDetention hashtag go viral. The movement to expose and end the rampant human rights abuses of "family detention."
Growing #Hutto27 Hunger Strike by Women at Texas Detention Center
Asylum-seeking women report that hunger strike is expanding within the detention center, retaliation continues
Solidarity statement with the #Hutto27 and the growing hunger strike movement
A hunger strike movement is taking place across several immigrant detention centers in the U.S. EndFamilyDetention.com stands in solidarity with the growing number of hunger strikes at all immigrant detention…
Temporary restraining orders issued against family prison camps
On Friday, a Texas State Judge granted a temporary restraining order preventing the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TFPS) from granting child care facility licenses to family prison camps in Dilley…
MISSION, TX - JULY 24: Undocumented immigrants on July 24, 2014 in Mission, Texas. Tens of thousands of immigrants, many of them minors, have crossed illegally into the United States this year, causing a humanitarian crisis on the U.S.-Mexico border. Texas Governor Rick Perry announced that he will send 1,000 National Guard troops to help stem the flow. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
Why Are Immigrant Mothers Wearing Ankle Monitors?
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Progressive Caucus, Judiciary Dems Hold Forum Hearing on Family Detention
Broadcast live streaming video on Ustream WASHINGTON, DC – On July 28th, the Congressional Progressive Caucus, along with Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee and support from the Congressional…
To DOJ: Investigate DHS officials for Federal Crime of Conspiracy Against Rights in Family Detention
REQUEST TO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: Investigate DHS for federal crimes of Conspiracy Against Rights; Kidnapping; and Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law Against Lilian Oliva Bardales and her 4-year-old son in Family Detention.
Mothers at Berks Family Detention Camp Launch Work Strike, Demand Not To Be Left Behind
Community members hold press conference in solidarity with mothers who will continue strike until the detention camp is closed
Congressman Joaquin Castro addresses harassment by ICE
In a letter dated April 15, 2015, Congressman Joaquin Castro addresses the harassment by ICE of a volunteer delivering water to refugee mothers and children imprisoned at the Karnes concentration camp…
Leaked report by ICE/GEO alleges “insurrection” and attempted communication with helicopters by women and children inside the Karnes detention camp
This disciplinary report from the Karnes detention camp recently surfaced and reveals an odd twist of events and accusations: that the women fasting inside the Karnes prison with their children were…
el ayuno * la huelga * the fast * the strike
April 6, 2015 We mothers who are detained in Karnes County Residential Center began a hunger strike on March 30 asking for freedom, for justice. This strike began because all…
ICE harasses volunteer for delivering water to mothers fasting at the Karnes detention camp
"I am sharing a letter I have sent to Congressman Castro that explained a terrifying incident that happened after I volunteered to deliver bottled water to the fasting women at Karnes Detention Center this past Tuesday. Please read and share with others to spread the word in support of the women and their immediate release and that their human rights be honored."
Protests go nationwide to #EndFamilyDetention
From coast to coast on Tuesday, March 24th people gathered to demand freedom for all refugee families at Karnes and Dilley "family" detention centers. The event coincided with the commemoration of…
“Ending Artesia” by Stephen Manning
Please read this stunning report Ending Artesia, by Stephen Manning. Explaining complicated, bizarre, technical legal proceedings with great clarity, this report is compelling. Stephen Manning's writing is beautiful and --…
No Asylum: Immigrants Locked Up in U.S. after Fleeing Violence
A look inside America's expanding immigration detention system.
GEO employee speaks AGAINST expansion of Karnes
UPDATE: The Karnes County Commissioners Court voted this week, 3-2, to approve the expansion of the for-profit detention center at 409 Farm-to-Market Road 1144, run by the for profit private…
“Estamos detenidas en Karnes tenemos tres hijos…”
Until today, I was mostly getting phone calls from women in Karnes and from family members around the country; texts from family members in Honduras. Today at 12:30, I received this e-mail: Estamos detenidas en Karnes tenemos tres hijos cada una y tenemos tres meses de estar detenidas, teniamos abogados pero nos dejaron el caso […]
The credible fear of a mother and her little boy
Drawing by Rini Templeton, 1935-1986 I went to see three families yesterday in Karnes, and without planning to, ended up talking to seven mothers and their children. Obviously I will not represent all of them, but I hope that each woman finds representation through Karnes Pro Bono Project team. I cannot convey what it is […]
A goodbye letter from one teenage girl to another
A goodbye letter from one teenage girl to another. They met inside the Karnes "family detention" center; and the writer was deported to El Salvador with her mom and about…
A letter from Melissa
Melissa and her sisters are imprisoned with their mother at the Karnes "family" prison near San Antonio, Texas. October 31, 2014 We need the help of all of you because…
A letter from Carmen
The letter below is from a young girl who is imprisoned with her mother and sisters at the Karnes family prison facility near San Antonio, Texas. October 31, 2014…
A letter from Jackeline
The letter below is from a young girl inside the prison with their mother and young sisters. October 31, 2014 We need your help to get out of here soon from…
The iceboxes in McAllen: personal testimony
This is a translation of a testimony by a child inside describing the "freezers" that people are being put into at the McAllen detention center.
Cartas de Melissa, Carmen, y Jackeline, encarceladas en Karnes City
Melissa, Carmen, and Jackeline are three sisters who, with their mother, fled El Salvador seeking refuge. Right before they left, the three girls had watched as a gang member came into their tiny home and held a gun to their mother’s head, threatening to rape and kill all four of them. They’ve been locked up […]