The Long Read: Biden vowed to reform immigration detention. Instead, private prisons benefitted
TED HESSON, MICA ROSENBERG AND KRISTINA COOKE, of Reuters, report…
After pandemic drop, Canada’s detention of immigrants rises again
Toronto, Canada Reuters Canada is locking up more people in immigration detention without charge after the numbers fell during the pandemic, government data obtained by Reuters shows. Authorities cite an overall rise in foreign travelers amid easing restrictions but lawyers say their detained clients came to Canada years ago. Two closed Canadian border checkpoints are seen after it was […]
Essay: Love All – Djokovic’s courts and the fickle privilege of the spotlight
MEREDITH WRIGHT, of Baptist World Aid Australia, says the case of Novak Djokovic has shone a renewed light on those held in Australian immigration detention…
Interfaith demonstrations across California demand release of incarcerated people amid COVID-19
Los Angeles, USRNS Faith leaders and activists demonstrated outside prisons and immigration detention centers across California on Tuesday, calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to do more to release incarcerated and detained people who they say are in danger amid COVID-19 outbreaks. Organisers held and placed banners denouncing Newsom at freeway overpasses and outside prisons. Activists […]
Essay: Immigrants in detention don’t deserve a death sentence
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rev ALEXIA SALVATIERRA, a member of Matthew 25 Movement steering committee, and Rev CARLOS L MALAVE, executive director of Christian Churches Together, on why more than 20 national Latino Christian leaders are calling for the release of most vulnerable detainees from immigration detention…
ESSAY: CENTRAL AMERICAN WOMEN FLEEING VIOLENCE EXPERIENCE MORE TRAUMA AFTER SEEKING ASYLUM
In an article first published on The Conversation, LAURIE C HEFFRON, of St Edward’s University, looks the experiences of women fleeing Central America after they seek asylum in the US…