Cash bond and pretrial detention play a central role in the criminalization of immigration. Every year, the U.S. detains tens of thousands of immigrants and refugees while they await a determination of their immigration status. Many are held on bonds they cannot afford. Others are denied bond altogether. Here, we collect articles about this crisis.
The move comes after days of advocates and lawmakers calling for a drawback in ICE enforcement and detention....
This story details how difficult it can be for non-citizens to be free from federal custody even if they're able to post bail. In the case of a man falsely accused of bringing meth into the U.S., posting bail would have sent him to ICE detention and put him on the path to deportation. ...
"In the early August raids on seven workplaces in Mississippi, authorities apparently used GPS location tracking information to verify that people who working in certain places did not have valid permits."...
A federal appeals court issued a ruling that could toss convictions for hundreds of immigrants we've bonded out of jail for "unauthorized entry" into the U.S....
"In fiscal year 2018, the Trump administration deported 256,086 immigrants, an increase of 13 percent over the previous year. In contrast, President Barack Obama removed 409,849 people in 2012, an all-time high, and 235,413 in fiscal year 2015."...
