The Trump admin plans to replace independent attorneys for unaccompanied immigrant children with government-employed lawyers. This is an egregious violation of their rights and raises concerns about conflicts of interest where children are already navigating complex legal proceedings alone.

With essentially no oversight, it is nearly impossible for individuals in detention to get any assistance for urgent issues like medical neglect or abuse. As a result, ICE and private prison contractors have been allowed to operate with impunity and with no consequences or accountability.

Immigration detention is inherently inhumane and violent, and this has only been exacerbated under this administration and with the lack of independent oversight mechanisms. We continue to call on elected officials to advocate for humane immigration reform and to end immigration detention.

This report was published just days before a private prison company signed a contract with ICE to operate a new detention center in AZ. Based on everything in this report and everything our clients have reported to us for years, we are staunchly opposed to any expansion of ICE detention.

With essentially no oversight, it is nearly impossible for individuals in detention to get any assistance for urgent issues like medical neglect or abuse. As a result, ICE and CoreCivic have been allowed to operate with impunity and with no consequences or accountability.

Not only is ICE continuing to detain people in inhumane conditions and causing violence in our communities, but they are also failing to treat people with basic human dignity, including blocking people from communicating with their loved ones during medical treatment or emergencies.

UPDATE! 📢 Asylum interview has been moved up to the first week of October.

Our Children's Team is seeking an in-person Chuj interpreter in the Phoenix area for an asylum interview the third week of October. If you are available or know someone who may be able to assist, please contact us at [email protected]. We would greatly appreciate any referrals or connections.

Her lawyer submitted documentation explaining why Raquel’s postpartum complications qualified as an “exceptional circumstance” warranting a reschedule, but we have not heard back.

Raquel was forced to choose between protecting the health of her family and caring for her newborn or attending her asylum interview.

On September 1, Raquel’s lawyer went to the asylum office on her behalf to explain the situation and was shocked to learn that the request to reschedule was denied, and they were saying that Raquel had failed to appear, despite numerous communications about her health situation.

Her medical provider documented that Raquel would need six weeks of recovery, meaning she would not be able to attend her USCIS interview. Again, we followed up with USCIS to request a reschedule, but we did not hear back.