The Imperial Regional Detention Facility in Calexico, California. Photo: John Gibbins/San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS.
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On Sunday, Dec 17. Congresswoman Nanette Barragán hosted an ‘End of Year Legislative Briefing’ at the now-shuttered, Bebe's Diner in Long Beach. Barragán was elected in November 2016 to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the first Latina ever to represent California's 44th Congressional District. The closed event allowed constituents an opportunity to meet with the representative and ask questions or express their concerns that they might have relevant to her office.
While ICE has released some people from detention and some have secured relief through representation, but many still do not have legal representation and remain detained because ICE refused to release them for unknown reasons. Thus, while little progress has been made, most people affected by the data breach remain detained. A typical length of detention can be anywhere from three to four months to almost three years in cases of arbitrary prolonged detention.
People set candles in memory of the deceased migrants after a fire at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico on March 28, 2023 in …
But what the fire reveals is broken immigration policies in the U.S. and Mexico. Mexico is detaining and holding migrants, including those expelled from the U.S. They don’t have the facilities or the resources to do this humanely.
Under U.S. immigration law, migrants fleeing persecution can request asylum regardless of how they arrive on U.S. soil. But the Biden administration proposed a more restrictive immigration rule to take effect in May.