With Liberty And Justice For All; The State Of Civil Rights At Immigration Detention Facilities

This report was released in September 2015 by the United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR). The report is based on the USCCR's investigation of the conditions at civil detention centers operated by or under contract with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. The USCCR found that children and families often stayed in civil detention centers called family detention centers that function as unlicensed child care facilities. The USCCR found that families were often at the family detention centers for more than four months, with poor conditions for child safety and well-being . . .