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ICE Faces Legal Challenges to Arresting Immigrants at Courthouses and Immigration Proceedings

Civil rights advocates argue such arrests dissuade immigrants from seeking the protection of the law.

Massoud Hayoun

Mark Morgan testifies at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing during his tenure as chief of Border Patrol in November of 2016.

What We Know About Trump’s Pick to Lead ICE

Mark Morgan is a former Obama administration official who has become a vocal Trump supporter.

Sophie Murguia

Kevin McAleenan, who was then commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee March 6th, 2019, in Washington, D.C. He is now the acting secretary of Homeland Security.

ICE’s Largest Family Detention Center Is Well Below Capacity

But understanding why the detained population fluctuates so significantly is more complicated than looking at the number of beds.

Jack Herrera

A bunk bed and desks inside a cell are seen at the Caroline Detention Facility in Bowling Green, Virginia, on August 13th, 2018. A former regional jail, the facility has been contracted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house undocumented adult immigrant detainees for violations of immigration laws.

News in Brief

The Attorney General’s Latest Decision Could ‘Hugely’ Expand Immigrant Detention

Attorney General William Barr's decision will make thousands of asylum seekers ineligible for bond—which could significantly increase the number of people ICE tries to detain.

Jack Herrera

Migrants and asylum seekers awaiting processing are held in temporary fencing underneath the Paso Del Norte Bridge on March 28th, in El Paso, Texas. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has temporarily closed all highway checkpoints along the 268-mile stretch of border in the El Paso sector.

In El Paso, Border Patrol Keeps Families Under a Bridge (in Photos)

The agency said that, with government detention facilities overwhelmed, it had nowhere else to hold the families.

Jack Herrera

Sixteen Central American migrants cross the International Bridge II to be interviewed by U.S. immigration authorities and have the possibility of receiving asylum, in Piedras Negras, Coahuila state, Mexico, on the border with the U.S., on February 16th, 2019.

Why Trump Wants to Detain Families Indefinitely, and Why He Can’t

Since public outrage forced the administration to abandon family separation, it has been searching for ways to guarantee that families remain in detention prior to a final decision on their immigration cases.

Jack Herrera

The Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C.

News in Brief

Understanding the Supreme Court’s Decision on Indefinite Detention of Immigrants

Immigrants with certain prior criminal convictions will now be placed in detention without the opportunity to petition for release.

Jack Herrera

A Honduran man walks with his daughter near Metropolitan Detention Center on October 2nd, 2018, in Los Angeles, California.

News in Brief

ICE Libera por lo Menos 15 de los 17 Bebés Detenidos en Dilley, Texas

La medida se produce cinco días después que las organizaciones legales presentaran una queja ante el gobierno por un "aumento alarmante" en la detención de inmigrantes menores de un año.

Jack Herrera

News in Brief

ICE Has Released at Least 15 of the 17 Babies Detained in Dilley, Texas

The move comes five days after legal organizations filed a complaint with the government over an "alarming increase" in the detention of immigrants under the age of one.

Jack Herrera