Many members of Congress continue to battle the structures funding our immigration detention system. Last week, a group of 56 members of the House of Representatives renewed the call for an end to...
Yesterday morning, the New York Times editorial board took note of Obama Administration’s latest policy inconsistency: fighting in the Supreme Court this week to halt deportations of many...
It is with a very heavy heart that we write to tell you of a great loss to our family. Today, we lost one of the great social justice warriors of our time, Michael Ratner. In July 2015, Michael fell...
Please join us for an evening honoring the remarkable life and legacy of CCR President Emeritus Michael Ratner (1943–2016). Doors open at 6:30 PM. Please register : the event is free, but space may...
The Obama administration is defending former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and his FBI director Robert Mueller III in the U.S. Supreme Court over claims they are liable for their roles in the...
As Marcia Coyle reported last week in The National Law Journal , and as I predicted back in December, the Solicitor General has filed a petition for certiorari in Ashcroft v. Turkmen , challenging...
Join us for CCR First Wednesday on July 6, 2016. We will discuss a joint report by Immigrant Defense Project (IDP) and CCR about current immigration home raid practices , especially in light of...
Practice of Guaranteed Minimums, 93 Percent for Private Companies, Found Far More Prevalent Than Initially Thought June 16, 2016, Washington, D.C. and New York – Today, Detention Watch Network (DWN)...
In May, the nation’s two largest private prison contractors announced dramatic increases in their first-quarter earnings for the year. The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) reported a 17 percent increase over...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is striking deals with private prison companies to lock up a “guaranteed minimum” of mothers with their children in euphemistically-termed family detention...
