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Citizen Action: An Army Vet Goes After the Officers Who Held Him at ICEnew

Imagine that you, as an American citizen, were plucked from normal life and taken to a detention facility for illegal immigrants. Now imagine that it took seven-and-a-half months for officials to figure out that—as you'd said all along—you were not only a citizen, but had honorably served in the U.S. Army.
Seattle Weekly  |  Nina Shapiro  |  01-25-2010  |  War

Free At Last: Immigrant Was One of Thousands Who Languish in U.S. Detentionnew

Idrisa Sesay insists he was born in Sudan and later brought to the U.S. as a teenager after he was given to another family as a slave. Immigration officials don’t believe him. They kept him in a detention center for three years, well past legal time limits set by the U.S. Supreme Court.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Justin McLachlan  |  12-16-2009  |  Immigration

Lt. Col. Stephen Abraham: We All Share Blame for Guantanamonew

What really matters now regarding the Cuba-based U.S. detention center, according to a former military attorney who was part of the tribunals there, is simple: The American people could've prevented it and changed it.
Metro Times  |  Staff  |  11-11-2008  |  Crime & Justice

Waging a PR War at Guantanamonew

U.S. officials are working hard to convince journalists that the military commission trial of Canadian Omar Khadr is fair. This is quite a feat given that Khadr is heading into a courtroom without a full investigation of charges that he was interrogated without access to legal counsel and under torture.
NOW Magazine  |  Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine  |  11-03-2008  |  War

Eight Days in Gitmo: Observations on the Trial of Salim Hamdannew

I now understand that no matter what aspect of Guantanamo Bay is under examination, a person can't fully understand this off-shore prison project without going, seeing, and experiencing the now iconic legal black hole that the detention center and military commissions represent.
Artvoice  |  Julia Hall  |  08-18-2008  |  Crime & Justice

To Bond or Not to Bond: For Detained Immigrants, That is the Questionnew

Family members of undocumented immigrants are often being advised not to pay bond due to ICE holds. "We know that that's illegal. Anyone who is afforded bail -- it could be high, could be low -- but once you're afforded bail, you have the right to post it."
Santa Fe Reporter  |  Mark Sanders  |  06-13-2008  |  Immigration

Talking Human Rights With Jorge Bustamantenew

The UN investigator has been blocked from U.S. immigration detention centers.
San Antonio Current  |  Dave Maass  |  05-30-2007  |  Immigration

Examination of Incarcerated Immigrants Under Waynew

As hundreds of immigrants spend what may be their final days in the U.S. behind bars, the living conditions in New Mexico's main immigrant detention facility are coming under fire.
Santa Fe Reporter  |  David Alire Garcia  |  04-19-2007  |  Immigration

Osama's Thugnew

Jose Padilla is (a) a punk; (b) a terrorist in training; (c) an unwitting pawn for Uncle Sam and al-Qaeda; or (d) all of the above.
Miami New Times  |  Trevor Aaronson  |  10-10-2006  |  Crime & Justice

Save the Datenew

With his wedding plans in doubt, Tauqir Zafar Rizvi waits in immigrant detention.
The Village Voice  |  Anya Kamenetz  |  04-12-2006  |  Civil Liberties

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