The agenda and speakers list for the upcoming Third Annual Conference on Unaccompanied Immigrant Children, to be co-hosted by NIJC in Chicago April 3-5, is nearly finalized.

In response to a U.N. official's report that the U.S. immigrant detention population violates international human rights law, the U.S. government told the Associated Press that the findings focused on a "narrow slice of the immigrant population." Does Washington consider the treatment of 230,000 people in confinement inconsequential?

The U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Migrants released a report today saying the U.S. immigrant detention and deportation system denies migrants' basic due process and human rights, and violates international law.

A recent article in the Wisconsin State Journal has some interesting statistics - and quotes - about how local governments in the state are working with federal immigration agencies to deport immigrants. The sheriff of Kenosha County, which expects to make $5.5 million in 2008 from its federal contract to hold immigrant detainees, described his county's role like this: "We are a warehouse for the people who are here."

Representative Heath Schuler (D-NC) introduced the Secure America through Verification and Enforcement Act (SAVE Act), H.R. 4088, in November 2007. This bill will damage our communities by increasing the deportation of workers and separating American children and spouses from their loved ones. It will not fix our broken immigration system.

A new computer game allows players to take on the role of an immigrant in the United States and get a hint of the day-to-day decisions immigrants must make to become a citizens and avoid deportation.

The conference brings together legal advocates from both private and nonprofit organizations, government representatives, and policy makers across the country to examine current challenges, best practices, and policies that impact the lives of unaccompanied immigrant children.

When a member of the Afghan military was targeted by the Taliban because he served with U.S. soldiers, he fled to the United States to seek asylum. Upon his arrival, the U.S. government put him in jail for more than five months while his case was pending in the immigration courts.

A new U.S. Citizenship and Immigrant Services policy should help reduce the number of immigrants whose green card applications are held up by background checks.

The Midwest Coalition for Human Rights is offering paid fellowships next summer with human rights organizations throughout the Midwest.

CNN reports that two immigrants who sued the government after being forcibly drugged by ICE agents who were trying to deport them have reached a settlement with the agency.

Milwaukee's new police chief says he will not change the city's policy that prohibits local police from inquiring about witnesses' immigration status.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released new guidelines last week for detaining immigrant parents and children together at family detention centers. The standards promise a number of legal protections for detainees, but still allow detention officers to use restraints, steel batons, and strip searches to discipline children.

"Over the last year, thousands of illegal immigrants and their families who live here have retreated from community life in Waukegan, a microcosm of a growing underground of illegal immigrants across the country who are clinging to homes and jobs despite the pressure of tougher federal and local enforcement," reports The New York Times.

As your state's presidential primary or caucus approaches, here are 5 immigration questions to ask candidates during debates, town hall meetings, and fundraising events:

According to in internal memo issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week, U.S. immigration agents must not sedate deportees without a judge's permission.