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The Architecture of Removal: Black Immigrants, Disappearance, and the Politics of Survival in the United States
by Amber Butts Immigration policy in the United States has always enforced racial hierarchy, and the Trump administration further developed an aggressive removal process against Black immigrants. Expanded policing partnerships, broader detention authority, and rhetoric that cast immigrants as criminals and predators created conditions that pushed Black immigrants into detention and deportation at strikingly disproportionate […]
How the Coalition to End Money Bond is working to help reform pretrial practices in Illinois
by Jamila Dawn Mitchell Every year, 90% of the 250,000 people held in Illinois jails are incarcerated pretrial, prior to actual convictions, putting the rate of pretrial incarceration far above the national average of 67%. The percentage of pretrial detentions range county to county – with 51% of the jail population in Tazewell County and […]
Amid protests, Haiti arrests 5 Americans who claimed to be on a “government mission”
Haitian police arrested eight men this week in Port-Au-Prince, claiming they carried weaponry and said they were on a mysterious “government mission.” Police charged them illegal possession of firearms after they saw their cars had no license plates. Five of them are Americans, and three of the Americans are military veterans. This comes as Haiti has […]
Prominent Saudi Arabian women’s activist’s family says she is being tortured after arrest
According to CNN, women’s rights activists Laujain Alhathloul and up to ten other women in Saudi Arabia have been tortured, sexually assaulted or otherwise abused during interrogation sessions that have been said to include Saud al-Qahtani, a former advisor of Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Alhathloul’s brother, Walid, recently wrote an opinion piece for CNN which […]
China detains Canadian citizens in response to U.S. request for Canada to extradite Huawei CFO
In December, Meng Wanzhou, the 46-year-old CFO of Chinese telecom giant Huawei, was arrested in Canada by request of American officials who say she violated sanctions against Iran using a subsidiary of Huawei. According to CBC News, U.S. officials have indicated to David MacNaughton, Canadian ambassador to the United States, that they will be filing […]
ICE facility maintained by GEO Group is blocking access to lawyers for detained immigrants
According to the Miami New Times, a facility ran by one of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) top contractors, the GEO Group, has been engaging in practices that make it difficult or impossible for those who are being detained to obtain lawyers. This practice has lead Ben Johnson, executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers […]
The story of Black queer women imprisoned for defending themselves to reminds us this criminal system cannot save us
By Gabrielle Noel The legal system was never built with Black queer people in mind. This system assigns victimhood, or refuses it, according to social biases, and society’s perception of who is more likely to be a victim or more credible thus affects who is allowed to receive justice. When it comes to sexual harassment, […]
Like South Carolina, Florida refuses to relocate inmates under Hurricane Michael
As Hurricane Michael makes it way through the Gulf Coast of Florida and North Carolina, evacuations are becoming more and more difficult for residents. But despite being located in mandatory evacuation zones, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) have not evacuated 15 state prisons.
Many blame deputies after 2 mental health patients drown in cop car during Hurricane Florence
This week, the Carolinas were hit by a category 4 storm, Hurricane Florence. As rivers continue to rise, the total death toll is officially at 32. Among those who died, two women who were mental health patients and detainees, and were shackled inside a Sheriff’s van, drowned as law deputies were rescued.
“We microchip our dogs”: OH city council member proposes microchips instead of ankle monitors
Earlier in June 2018, the Toledo City Council was debating the use of electronic microchips to monitor pre-trial detainees. Council member Rod Ludeman justified the need for microchips arguing that ankle monitors are not enough to prevent potential crimes from happening.
Largest for-profit prison company in Florida threatens to sue Dream Defenders for anti-ICE protests
GEO Group is the largest for-profit prison company in Florida and the single largest contractor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). GEO Group has an estimate of over $400 million invested in local prisons. As the Trump administration continues to detain and separate families, the company has become a notorious target for many anti-ICE groups. […]
The mayors and governors using their political sway to stall Trump’s immigration policies
The Trump administration’s immigration policies has inspired resistance not just from laypeople making small donations to organizations like RAICES, but also from those with more political power and sway. In a recent press conference, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner encouraged state and local governments to stall or deny permits to operate a detention center slated to […]