Detention

Health and Social Service Needs of U.S.-Citizen Children with Detained or Deported Immigrant Parents

U.S.-citizen children of deported parents face cascading harm—hardship, mental health crises, and instability. Schools represent the most trusted site for delivering services.

A Review of the Department of Homeland Security’s Policies and Procedures for the Apprehension, Detention, and Release of Non-Citizens Unlawfully Present in the United States

Detained or Deported: How Parents in the Immigration Enforcement System Can Protect their Children

A discussion on policies regarding immigrant parent detentions and deportations, related child protection issues, and the implications for the immigration enforcement and child welfare systems. This event is also the release of a related Women's Refugee Commission toolkit for detained or deported parents and those who work on the issue. 

Side-by-Side Comparison of the 2013 Senate Immigration Framework with 2006 and 2007 Senate Legislation

The 2013 Senate immigration framework shared broad goals with its 2006 and 2007 predecessors but departed sharply on enforcement triggers and legalization design.

Sequester Affects Immigration Enforcement — and Invites Attention to Detention Policy

When the U.S. sequester forced the release of 2,228 immigration detainees, the political fallout spotlighted the high cost and contested logic of U.S. immigration detention.

Immigration Enforcement in the United States: The Rise of a Formidable Machinery

The United States has built a formidable immigration enforcement system, spending nearly $187 billion since 1986—more than on all other principal federal criminal law enforcement combined.

Major Immigration Countries Take a Crack at Addressing Thorny Issue of Immigrant Detention

Immigrant detention reforms in the United States, Australia, and Greece in 2012 drew persistent criticism.

Australia's Boat People: Asylum Challenges and Two Decades of Policy Experimentation

Australia remained locked in two decades of policy experiments over how to deal with asylum seekers known as boat people.

ICE's Long-Awaited Detention Reform Prompts Questions from Supporters and Detractors

U.S. immigration detention reforms announced in early 2012 drew criticism from both conservatives and immigrant advocates.

Immigrant Detention under Scrutiny in Australia, United Kingdom, and United States

Immigrant detention in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States faced backlash in 2011.