Since then, people arrested at Northern California immigration courts, at ICE check-in appointments and elsewhere have been locked up overnight - some as long as six days - and have nowhere to sleep but a metal bench or the floor, with the lights on around the clock, the suit alleged. They must share a toilet with no privacy, have nowhere to bathe and are denied soap and toothpaste, according to the lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of several people who were held there.
Five transgender plaintiffs filed a class action lawsuit against Georgia corrections officials regarding a new law that prevents them from receiving gender-affirming medical care. The lawsuit claims this law violates the Eighth Amendment by constituting cruel and unusual punishment. The plaintiffs represent nearly 300 incarcerated individuals in Georgia prisons, arguing that the law has catastrophic consequences and forces trans individuals to detransition against their will.
The report documents conditions for detained immigrants at Florida's Krome North Service Processing Center, Broward Transitional Center, and Federal Detention Center, alleging flagrant violations of international human rights.
The Trump administration's decision to revoke humanitarian parole for a critically ill 4-year-old girl jeopardizes her access to lifesaving medical care in the U.S.
I thought under this new administration, because they are fans of what our mission was, when we were offered the Fork, I thought, 'I don't need to take that 'cause I'm safe.'