WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration is deploying 1,500 active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in anticipation of the end of Title 42, a pandemic-era asylum ban. The following statement is from Andrea Carcamo, policy director of Freedom for Immigrants. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration is reportedly considering the reinstatement of the detention of migrant families, a practice it had previously ended. The following statement is from Andrea Carcamo, policy director with Freedom for Immigrants.

LAS VEGAS — Five individuals currently or previously detained in federal immigration detention at the Nye County Jail and Nevada Southern Detention Center in Pahrump, Nevada, have come forward to report a troubling pattern of retaliatory transfers and medical abuse detailed in a new federal civil rights complaint filed today by a coalition of legal and advocacy organizations. 

OAKLAND, Calif. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) weaponizes inter-detention transfers of people in its custody as a harsh form of retaliation, torture and labor trafficking, and as a means to pad the agency’s budget, according to a new report released today by Freedom for Immigrants (FFI) that visualizes thousands of ICE Air flight routes. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden failed to mention his administration’s growing reliance on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention and doubled down on failed migration deterrence policies in his State of the Union address tonight.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden today announced plans to expand his administration’s use of Title 42, a move that will bar more immigrants from Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua from seeking their right to asylum at the U.S. border. The Supreme Court's decision on Title 42 last week did not direct the Biden administration to apply the Title 42 expulsions to more people. 

BERKS COUNTY, Pa. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) informed Berks County, Pennsylvania, officials yesterday that the agency will be ending its immigration detention contract with the county on January 31, 2023. Advocates and formerly detained immigrants offered the following statements in reaction to the news.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, 114 immigrant and human rights groups delivered a letter to the White House urging the Biden administration to immediately close Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers, prevent the development of new detention sites or expansion of existing ones, and cut funding for immigration detention from Congress.