The Law and Lawlessness of U.S. Immigration Detention - Harvard Law Review

The new U.S. immigration policy has flooded the media with images of undocumented detentions, which has plunged U.S. society into a climate of great polarization and confrontation.While some citizens claim that a security problem is being addressed, others argue that massive human rights violations are being justified.In such situations, it is important to try to carry out a committed analysis, outside of the headlines' sensationalism and with a…

The Law and Lawlessness of U.S. Immigration Detention - Harvard Law Review

Abstract The United States operates the largest immigration detention system in the world. Immigrants and watchdog groups have reported poor conditions of confinement, including...

The center was used during the Barack Obama administration and the first by Donald Trump. But President Joe Biden gradually eliminated family detention in 2021.