Immigration and Customs Enforcement
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
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‘HE’S HITTING ME’
A guard at an ICE detention center drove his knee into the upper back of a detainee, Carlos Rivas Monsano, eyewitnesses say. They haven’t seen the man in the two weeks since.
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WRONG WAY
Employees warned their bosses at the for-profit immigration jail not to accept detainee transfers pushed by ICE. The bosses went ahead anyway.
CREEPING DEATH
Over two-thirds of migrants locked up at a private ICE facility tested positive for COVID-19. “You don’t treat humans like this. You don’t treat dogs like this,” one detainee said.
CRASH INTO ME
The new Netflix miniseries “Stateless” sees Blanchett (also co-creator) take on Australia’s byzantine and cruel immigration system.
‘WE SEE YOU’
“In Plain Sight” features artists and activists skytyping powerful phrases above immigrant detention centers, former internment camps, borders, and incarceration facilities.
INHUMANE
“Why do they wait for it? They can prevent it,” said William Zacarias Marroquìn.
FROZEN
The immigration agency’s policy change to focus on arresting “public-safety risks” doesn’t apply to the thousands it has locked up—who warn they’re in danger of a virus outbreak.