Sentences with phrase «u.s. immigration detention centers»

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Francisco Moya (D - Queens), speaking at a rally in midtown Manhattan with dozens of immigration and affordable housing activists, said he would soon introduce a bill to require the state to divest its more than $ 178 billion pension fund from corporations that back Trump's agenda — including banks that finance immigration detention centers, and contractors involved with the proposed U.S. - Mexico border wall.

Even players who attempt to avoid trouble with the law can be sent to an immigration detention center for minor infractions — a possibility confronted by legal as well as illegal U.S. immigrants.

After HGSE, I plan to continue working as an advocate for reform of the U.S. immigration system and the elimination of immigration detention centers.

Many children were held in crowded detention centers while the U.S. Congress looked to act on an immigration bill with potential ramifications for future waves of migrants.

Currently, there are over 2 million people incarcerated in the 1,719 state prisons, 102 federal prisons, 942 juvenile correctional facilities, 3,283 local jails, 79 Indian Country jails, military prisons, immigration detention facilities, civil commitment centers, and prisons in U.S. territories.

Additional Resources American Bar Association Commission on Immigration American Immigration Lawyers Association Amnesty International Country Reports Asylum Pro Se Guide — English (Create by students at Stanford Law) Center for Gender and Refugee Studies, University of California, Hastings College of the Law (includes resources for gender law and asylum) Department of Justice Country Conditions Research Detention Watch Network EOIR Virtual Law Library (with BIA precedent decisions) Human Rights Watch, Country Specific Reports Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Division Immigrant Legal Resource Center Immigration Equality (includes extensive resources for LGBT asylum claims) Immigration and Nationality Act Immigration Regulations (C.F.R. Title 8) National Immigrant Justice Center's Resources for Attorneys Representing Asylum Seekers (includes numerous free training webinars) UNHCR Guidance Report on LGBT Asylum Claims United Nations High Commission on Refugees USCIS Guidance on Adjudicating LGBT Asylum Claims University of Minnesota Human Rights Library / Refugee and Asylum Resources U.S. State Department Country Reports Women on the Run, UNHCR Report (resources for female asylum - seekers) Women's Human Rights Net Yale Law School's Refugee & Asylum Resources (includes several resources for gender - based asylum claims)

When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests an illegal immigrant, the immigrant is taken to an ICE detention center, has limited contact with the outside world and is then deported.