Detention Centers
Biden Continues to Detain Migrant Children in Detention Camps
Biden follows in the footsteps of his predecessors, detaining thousands of migrant children in “temporary detention camps” for extended periods. The Dallas Convention Center in Texas is the latest facility co-opted by the Biden administration to be a holding cell for migrant teenagers.
M.K. Kumar
March 20, 2021
Immigrants Detained in Concentration Camps Go on Hunger Strike
Hunger strikes have become a common form of resistance and struggle in detention centers. Last week, detainees in Bakersfield, California went on a hunger strike to fight unsafe and deplorable conditions.
Elias Khoury
July 16, 2020
ICE Detentions Continue in the Midst of a Pandemic
ICE agents continue to make arrests, even as cities across the United States brace for the COVID-19 pandemic. These actions put detainees’ health at risk, and expose the U.S.’s callous disregard for the lives of migrants.
Otto Fors
March 20, 2020
Abolish the Concentration Camps, Abolish the U.S. Southern Border
The concentration camps at the southern border are symptomatic of the imperial practices of both parties. These camps, along with the southern border, must be abolished.
Caleb De Jong
July 10, 2019
Migrants on Hunger Strike Are Being Force-Fed at Texas Detention Center
In the El Paso Processing Center in Texas, eleven migrants are on hunger strike against the conditions of the center, the slowness of their legal proceedings, and the verbal abuse they regularly receive from Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Ioan Georg
February 1, 2019