The news this month includes several articles about the dangers migrants encounter throughout the world, and coverage of notable government, citizen, and artist efforts to support and aid migrants. In addition, there are a number of southern Arizona stories, documenting literacy education for immigrant women, public demands to close private detention centers in the state, and the continuing defeat of SB 1070. From The New York Times (10/4/16), an article about anti-bias training for …Read More

Immigration and civil rights groups filed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Border Patrol in June 2015 asserting that detainees have endured abhorrent conditions while in short-term detention facilities. Now, recently released photos and expert testimony offer persuasive evidence supporting these claims. In mid-August, Federal District Court Judge David C. Bury, presiding over the class-action suit Doe v. Johnson accusing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of human right …Read More

The U.S. Department of Justice made a landmark announcement in August--they will phase out private prisons, which house the majority of non-citizens convicted of federal crimes and are known for their substandard conditions, over the next five years. Since the 1990s, two major legal changes have caused U.S. prison populations, already the largest per capita in the world, to escalate dramatically. The first was a crime bill signed into law by President Clinton, which increased the number of …Read More