Skip to main content

Family Detention Centers

Protesters chained together at the wrist block traffic from passing on the road to the Otay Mesa Detention Center during a demonstration against U.S. immigration policy that separates children from parents, in San Diego, California, on June 23rd, 2018.
Ideas

Yes, Trump's Detention Centers Are Concentration Camps

These are concentration camps, and denying as much merely prepares the way for worse atrocities to come.

By David M. Perry
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.
Key Takeaways

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.

By Jack Herrera
MTMxOTE4NjExMzM2OTcyMjk4.jpg
News in Brief

Since We Last Spoke: Held at the Border

Updates to past Pacific Standard stories.

By Kate Wheeling
Border_Mexico_USA.jpg
News in Brief

A Final Nail in the Coffin for Family Detention Centers?

Last week, a federal judge ruled that family-unit detention centers violate immigrant children's rights. The Department of Homeland Security has 90 days to reform the detention centers or release detainees.

By Kate Wheeling