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VideoComprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Expands ‘Alternatives’ to Detention
by Seth Freed Wessler on April 19 2013, 2:24PM
The Gang of Eight Senate immigration bill would take small but important steps to reform the immigration detention system.
Topics: Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
Alabama Republican Congressman Says Obama ‘Overusing’ ICE Detention
by Seth Freed Wessler on March 19 2013, 3:25PM
Alabama Republican Rep. Spencer Bachus said that the Obama administration is detaining too many people in immigration detention.
Topics: Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
Hundreds Released From Immigration Detention to Save Government Money
by Seth Freed Wessler on February 27 2013, 11:31AM
But is at an act of reform or a political stunt by the Obama administration?
Topics: /NOW Blog
Immigrant Family Detention Could Return to Texas
by Jorge Rivas on January 25 2012, 1:01PM
In 2009, the federal government stopped detaining families in Texas and cancelled plans to build new family detention facilities as advocates made clear that the practice was inhumane.
Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog
Documentary Pries Open the Door to Immigrant Detention Centers
by Seth Freed Wessler on October 18 2011, 10:03AM
Latina journalist Maria Hinojosa’s “Lost in Detention” airs tonight on PBS’ Frontline. Colorlines.com spoke with Hinojosa about reporting the film, and the up-close reality of warehousing immigrants awaiting deportation.
Topics: Immigration, Media
Obama’s Ongoing Detention Disaster
by Catherine Traywick on October 21 2010, 11:10AM
Promises, promises of reform, but still no follow through.
Topics: Immigration
ICE Forces Counties to Join Controversial Deportation Program
by Seth Freed Wessler on October 12 2010, 3:40PM
While the government forges ahead, activists are back at the drawing board.
Topics: Immigration, Immigration
Obama Administration Brags About Record Year of Deportations
by Julianne Hing on October 8 2010, 9:53AM
DHS calls system “thoughtful.” Indiscriminate and out-of-control are more apt adjectives.
Topics: Immigration
Deportation Horror: A Journey From Texas to Bangladesh
by Seth Freed Wessler, Brian Palmer on October 7 2010, 4:59PM
Shahed Hossain describes his harrowing ordeal to ColorLines videographer Brian Palmer.
Topics: Deportation Dragnet, Immigration
How Immigration Reform Got Caught in the Deportation Dragnet
by Seth Freed Wessler on October 7 2010, 10:36AM
Shahed Hossain’s shocking story reveals why Obama will have to use his power to halt mass deportations for any reform to work.
Topics: Deportation Dragnet, Immigration
ICE Policy Leaves Detainees With No Legal Rep, Study Finds
by Seth Freed Wessler on September 15 2010, 11:26AM
Nearly 80 percent housed in places where they can’t get help in court.
Topics: Immigration
Obama Halts 17K Deportations, But Record Number Await Hearings
by Seth Freed Wessler on August 31 2010, 10:44AM
Nearly a quarter million immigrants still await a hearing in their deportation cases.
Topics: Immigration
Human Rights Watch: ICE Won’t Protect Women from Sexual Abuse
by Michelle Chen on August 25 2010, 12:59PM
Human Rights Watch has issued a scathing indictment of Homeland Security’s utter failure to protect women from abuse and harassment in detention.
Topics: Immigration, On Gender
Women Detainees Sexually Abused as ICE Polices Itself
by Michelle Chen on August 25 2010, 10:28AM
Sexual abuse cases at a Texas detention facility reveals ICE’s failures to protect women.
Topics: Immigration, On Gender
For ICE Prisons, a Blank One-Year Progress Report
by Michelle Chen on August 6 2010, 10:45AM
Today marks one year since ICE promised to fix the detention system. So far, there’s little to celebrate.
Topics: Immigration, On Gender
Salvadoran Man Commits Suicide in Immigration Detention
by Seth Freed Wessler on July 21 2010, 5:27PM
Jose Nelson Reyes-Zelaya had been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody for a day when he was found dead after what officials called “apparent asphyxiation.”
Topics: Immigration
Sex Assault Charges Back in ICE Detention Centers
by Seth Freed Wessler on June 3 2010, 11:10AM
Immigration and Customs Enforcement quietly announced last week that it is investigating alleged sexual assault at a privately run immigrant detention center in Texas. The incident is the latest in a string of sexual assault charges and convictions at Texas…
Topics: Immigration
Deportation “Quota”—What It Really Means
by Hatty Lee, Hatty Lee on March 31 2010, 5:42PM
In a bout of messaging confusion, the Washington Post reported that James M. Chaparro, head of detention and removal operations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, announced the agency was well on its way to deporting a record 150,000 people with…
Topics: Immigration
by Julianne Hing, Seth Wessler, Jorge Rivas on October 22 2009, 12:00PM
ColorLines investigates the effects of deportation on families of color. Introducing a four-part series.
Topics: Immigration
Torn Apart, Families Struggle to Stay Together
by Seth Freed Wessler on October 22 2009, 9:44AM
This piece was co-authored by Seth Wessler and Julianne Hing. In recent months, the Obama administration has announced plans to expand the 287(g) program despite widespread abuses and racial profiling. It’s also pouring money into “Secure Communities,” a program that…
Topics: Immigration
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