After a year of research, the @Tulane Immigrant Rights Clinic is releasing a report next week on prolonged and punitive immigration detention in Louisiana. Join us on Tues, 5/25 at 11am CT as we review major findings, register here: tulane.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
For this report, our students analyzed 499 habeas cases challenging unlawful immigration detention in federal court in Louisiana. This research comes as these last resort habeas filings have dramatically risen in the past year, with immigrants held longer & during COVID.
Louisiana houses detention centers that hold more immigrants than any other state, save Texas. This has been true since 2019, when local jails contracted w ICE for federal $ to fill beds emptied by bipartisan criminal justice reform in the state (JRI).
Nationwide immigration detention fell precipitously during COVID, but the number of detained immigrants is creeping up again. The country, facilities in Louisiana, & DHS are at a crossroads: do we return to mass immigrant detention or commit to alternatives & #ShutThemDown?
Please like, share, & register! We have recommendations at every level to alleviate the suffering from prolonged detention and promote transparent, reasoned decisionmaking in these important cases.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
