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- The Week Ahead: Aug. 13-17 - National Immigration Forum
The children go to school most days and their parents meet with lawyers and immigration advocates who volunteer at the U S Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center
- Legislative Bulletin — Friday, March 12, 2021
The bill would further mandate that these agencies collect data on the COVID-19 vaccination process and report to Congress on the safety protocols and practices in place at each detention facility The bill would also require these agencies to report on efforts made to ensure detained individuals have access to legal counsel
- Legislative Bulletin – Friday, October 5, 2018
Migrant Children Transported to “Tent-City” Facility in Texas According to a New York Times report, in recent weeks, the federal government has been transporting hundreds of migrant children in the middle of the night to a tent-city detention facility in Tornillo, Texas
- Legislative Bulletin – Friday, October 30, 2020
Irwin is not the only detention facility currently under investigation for mistreatment of detainees An investigation by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) found numerous problems in detention centers that were housing migrants in two fast-track deportation programs The two programs — the Humanitarian Asylum Review Process (HARP) and Prompt
- Thursday, August 27, 2020 - National Immigration Forum
Muslim Detainees at ICE Detention Facility Reportedly Offered Choice of Pork or Expired Halal Meals According to immigration advocates and legal representatives, Muslim detainees at the Krome immigration detention facility in Miami, Florida have been repeatedly served pork or pork-based products, in violation of their religious beliefs
- Thursday, August 24, 2023 - National Immigration Forum
“The medical devices used to look into the ears and eyes (Otoscope and Ophthalmoscope) were dusty and grimy,” an inspector wrote of the West Texas Detention Facility, “… and a dead roach was also found on the counter ” “One detainee was found to be human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive but was not told about the diagnosis
- Legislative Bulletin - Friday, April 3, 2020 - National Immigration Forum
As reports of detainees and detention facility officials testing positive for COVID-19 continue to mount, additional pending lawsuits have been filed demanding the release of immigrant detainees
- Legislative Bulletin – Friday, April 17, 2020
As of April 16, there were more than 90 ICE detainees and 20 detention center employees who had tested positive for COVID-19 Outbreaks have not been not limited to ICE detention facilities, as at least 19 detainees tested positive for the virus in one Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) facility tasked with housing unaccompanied migrant children
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