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A Latino Nonprofit Is Holding Separated Kids. Is That Care Or Complicity Or Both?

Posted on June 22, 2018 · Southwest Key has, for many years, operated shelters that house unaccompanied migrant children. The family separation policy shined a spotlight on that work — and raised uncomfortable questions.

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Supreme Court Rules That Immigrants, Including Permanent Residents, Have No Right To Periodic Bond Hearings

Posted on February 27, 2018 · This means that all immigrants, including asylum seekers, could possibly be held indefinitely in some cases

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Report Suggests DHS Will Keep Using Private Prison Companies For Immigration Detention

Posted on December 2, 2016 · The Department of Homeland Security wants to keep using private prison contractors for immigrant detention. The Department’s advisory council made that recommendation in a draft report released Thursday.