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Wednesday, 24 January 2007 |
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Immigrant Groups and Detainees Petition Department of Homeland Security: Demand Enforceable, Comprehensive Detention Standards to Protect Basic Human Rights
The National Immigrant Justice Center, other immigrant rights organizations and 84 immigrant detainees petitioned the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today to issue regulations governing detention standards for immigrant detainees. DHS developed standards in 2000 to ensure the "safe, secure, and humane treatment of individuals" detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but the standards are not legally binding.
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Monday, 22 January 2007 |
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U.S. Admits Detained Immigrants Have Been Denied Health Care and Legal Representation
The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a long anticipated report on the treatment of immigrants held in detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Investigators documented poor health care and systemic failures to respond to detainee's requests for treatment. In addition, DHS failed to provide immigrants with adequate information regarding legal services, and in some cases actively prevented detainees from contacting attorneys.
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Sunday, 03 December 2006 |
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"Josè Hernan's deportation back to his native Ecuador for violating his tourist visa was supposed to be quick and easy. "Within a few days," Hernan was told the morning after he arrived at the Chippewa County Jail in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan — as long as he signed a "voluntary departure" form, essentially relinquishing his right to seek legal help."
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