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Recent Features
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COMPLAINT
We demand an investigation into ICE's use of solitary confinement to punish and control people detained at the Aurora Detention Center in Colorado.
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FACT SHEET
The United States can and should implement alternatives to detention that serve to reduce the overall detention population.
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FACT SHEET
Deportations of parents and family members have serious consequences that affect children and extend to communities and the country as a whole.