The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, one of three federal immigration groups within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), oversees the detention of hundreds of...
A system of local quotas for privately run immigration detention facilities across the United States has created a strong incentive for federal immigration authorities to detain more immigrants than...
Every day, federal officials are obligated to pay to hold 500 immigrants behind bars at the Broward Transitional Center in Pompano Beach to meet a contract with the for-profit prison, according to a...
A watchdog report released Thursday alleges that federal immigration officials face considerable pressure to maintain "lockup quotas" that are worked into deals with private contractors at certain...
Guaranteed payments to contractors at federal detention centers have helped to create a quota system for immigration enforcement, according to a report released Thursday by advocates for detainees...
The Obama administration is under growing pressure to change its policies governing the detention of thousands of migrants who came to the United States illegally. Maybe it is a coincidence, but...
Immigrant rights activists on Thursday slammed President Barack Obama’s administration for signing contracts with private companies that guarantee a minimum number of daily detainees at certain...
Minimum occupancy quotas at immigrant detention facilities nationwide benefit for-profit prison operators by guaranteeing the government pays for thousands of detainees, regardless of whether those...
June 17, 2015, New York – Today, in a case brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) thirteen years ago, in April 2002, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated claims against...
Former top U.S. officials can be held liable for the abuse of hundreds of detainees rounded up after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks for minor immigration violations, a federal appeals court said...
