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Daniel M. Kowalski
over 1 year ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Migrant Detention: Multiple Complaints Filed
Detained Leaders file simultaneous federal complaints against ICE, GEO Group & MTC "Today, a collective of leaders and individuals detained at multiple facilities in California, filed two simultaneous complaints to the Department of Homeland...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
ISAP SNAFU, Part 2
Johana Bhuiyan, The Guardian, Mar. 8, 2022 " Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (Isap) : The US government program was launched in 2004 as a “humane” alternative to detention for immigrants waiting for their cases to be heard in court,...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Federal Jury: GEO Group Owes $17.3M in Back Pay to ICE Prisoners
Martin Kaste, NPR, Oct. 29, 2021 "A federal jury in Tacoma, Wash., says the GEO Group, which owns and runs a large detention center for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, owes former detainees $17.3 million in back pay for tasks such as...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 2 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Federal Jury Verdict: GEO Must Pay Minimum Wage to ICE Prisoners
Washington State AG Bob Ferguson, Oct. 27, 2021 "In a victory for Washington, a federal jury determined that GEO Group Inc. (GEO), the for-profit operator of the Northwest ICE Processing Center, violates Washington’s minimum wage laws by paying...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
"Straight Up Dishonesty" - Judge Orders ICE to Depopulate Adelanto
Read Judge Hatter's Oct. 15, 2020 Order here , especially pages 2-3: "The Court has been concerned for some time with the lack of candor exhibited by the Government and its counsel in this case. Counsel for Petitioners-Plaintiffs have, also,...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
ICE Deliberately Limited COVID-19 Testing at Bakersfield Immigration Jail
Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, Aug. 6, 2020 "Last month, as the coronavirus spread through federal immigration detention centers around the country, officials at the Mesa Verde facility in Bakersfield rejected a suggestion to test all detainees...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
ACLU Report Highlights Death, Abuse and Neglect at Colo. ICE Jail
ACLU Colorado, Sept. 18, 2019 "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers operate without meaningful accountability or oversight. One facility in particular — the Aurora Contract Detention Facility (ACDF), operated by the...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
ICE Jail in Colorado Uses Solitary Confinement
Susan Greene, Colorado Independent, Aug. 6, 2019 "ICE has a long, yet little-known record of holding detainees in solitary confinement – a term the agency forcefully rejects, preferring “segregation” in “Restricted Housing Units” (RMUs) or “Special...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 7 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
CIVIC Files Civil Rights Complaint Alleging Frequent Denial of Visits at Cal. Immigration Jail Since Election
CIVIC, Jan. 18, 2017 - "Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC) has filed a formal complaint with the Office for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties within the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of the people who...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 9 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Groups File Complaints Detailing Sexual Abuse, Extortion, Harassment of Women at ICE Facility in Texas
"Attorneys from MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund), the Immigration Rights and Civil Rights Clinics at the University of Texas Law School, and the Law Office of Javier N. Maldonado, filed a complaint earlier this week with...
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