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Kesley’s Legacy: Why No Detention is Safe
After three long years of litigation, the private prison company CoreCivic paid a settlement to the wrongful death estate of Kesley Vial, a 23-year-old Brazilian asylum seeker who died by suicide while in ICE custody at the Torrance County Detention Facility (TCDF) in Estancia, New Mexico, in August of 2022.
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Dec 13, 2021
Q&A: What you need to know about MPP, the Trump-era migrant policy re-initiated by Biden
First rolled out by the Trump Administration, the so-called 'Remain in Mexico' policy for asylum seekers was re-initiated by President Joe Biden in December.
Nov 22, 2021
Livestreaming Police is a Critical First Amendment Right
It is critical that the courts maintain robust First Amendment protections for people to record, share, and stream police interactions. Our ability to speak about police abuses depends on it.
By ACLU National
Nov 01, 2021
ICE Makes It Impossible for Immigrants in Detention to Contact Lawyers
Immigration detention is inhumane, but so long as people are detained, ICE must ensure that detention facilities provide immigrants with timely access to counsel.
By ACLU National
Oct 29, 2021
Reopening ICE facility in Torrance County boosted CoreCivic revenues by nearly $19 million
The facility's reopening raised CoreCivic revenues by millions in 2020, but a failed annual inspection this year found severe understaffing, unsanitary food and other problems.
By Elsa Goossen
Oct 29, 2021
My Life Was Derailed By a Traffic Ticket
A minor infraction cost me my driver’s license, my job, thousands of dollars, and over a decade entangled with a system that punishes poverty.
By ACLU National
Oct 26, 2021
ICE found multiple contract violations at troubled Otero County detention center shortly before extending a lucrative private contract
The Otero County Processing Center was cited for violations including an inadequate staffing plan, inadequate food service staffing, abuse of the “Voluntary Work Program,” lack of a safety plan, and more.
By Leonardo Castañeda
Oct 20, 2021
Everywhere Is The New Local
Rabbi Jeffrey and his wife Mindy have long been committed to giving back to their community. In the midst of a global pandemic, an ugly election, and an insurrection, that commitment only intensified. They set out to travel the United States in an RV they named Seymour to listen and learn...
Oct 18, 2021
Border militarization separates families and erodes civil liberties
It’s past time we eliminate interior border checkpoints and drastically reduce the number of Border Patrol agents in the region.
By Maria Coronado
Oct 14, 2021
A privately-run ICE detention center got a pay increase, guaranteed minimum during pandemic detention declines
The private prison company running Otero County's immigration detention center got a new agreement guaranteeing nearly $2 million a month after threatening to cancel its contract over low detention numbers.
By Leonardo Castañeda
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