My friend Morgan Smith wrote this note about the Rio Grande in July 2024. Learn more about Morgan here , here and here .
J.A.M. v. USA "The Court holds that Oscar is entitled to a much lower, but still notable award of $175,000 because he was somewhat older at the time of the incident, was detained for about half...
Path2Papers, July 17, 2024 " What are the policy changes the Biden administration is implementing regarding temporary work visas? On June 18, 2024, the Biden administration announced a policy...
DOJ, July 18, 2024 "The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Key Programs Inc. (Southwest Key), a Texas-based nonprofit that provides housing to unaccompanied children who are...
Jeanne Kuang, CalMatters, July 18, 2024 "Even with all the industries where Californians went on strike during last year’s “hot labor summer,” some of the most active sites of...
DHS OIG, Mar. 15, 2024
"In July 2023, we conducted on-site, unannounced inspections of six U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities in the Rio Grande Valley area, specifically three U.S. Border Patrol facilities and three Office of Field Operations ports of entry. At the time of our on-site inspection, Border Patrol held 2,020 detainees in custody in the Donna and Ursula Centralized Processing Centers (CPC). We found that detainees in both Donna and Ursula Centralized Processing Centers were held in custody longer than specified in the National Standards on Transport, Escort, Detention, and Search, which generally limits detention to 72 hours. Additionally, the Ursula Centralized Processing Center was over its maximum holding capacity. We also found data integrity issues with information in Border Patrol’s electronic system of record, e3. CBP generally met other applicable standards to provide or make available amenities such as food, water, sleeping mats, and medical care to detainees. Border Patrol also implemented an innovative operational practice of having multiple caregivers present in holding pods with unaccompanied children at Ursula CPC. However, we found contract medical personnel were understaffed and instances where agents did not offer telephone calls to two unaccompanied children. The Brownsville Gateway, McAllen-Hidalgo, and Progreso-Donna Office of Field Operations ports of entry did not hold any detainees in custody longer than 72 hours and met the National Standards on Transport, Escort, Detention, and Search standards we observed."