Detention

Qué esperar de Trump 2.0: la expansión de restricciones al asilo y la externalización de la frontera

Factsheet
Nov 12, 2024

Esta hoja informativa analiza el esperado endurecimiento de políticas de asilo y fronterizas bajo el segundo mandato de Trump, incluyendo restricciones al acceso al asilo, externalización fronteriza, aumento de deportaciones y reducción de vías migratorias regulares.

CBP Violations of Custody Standards and Human Rights of Individuals Detained in Open-Air Detention Sites in the San Diego Sector Require Immediate Attention to Save Lives

Human Rights Body Submission
Dec 11, 2023

Seven immigrant rights organizations lodged an urgent federal complaint with the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) concerning gross human rights violations by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which has held people seeking asylum in squalid, unsafe open-air detention sites along the U.S.-Mexico border in California.

Implementation of the Mexican Legal Reforms that Prohibit Detention of Accompanied and Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Report
Mar 01, 2021

We joined our coauthors in releasing a report about the implementation of the Mexical legal reforms that prohibit detention of migrant children.

Selling Out LGBTQ Immigrants Will Result in the Death of Queer and Trans Asylum Seekers

Sign-on Letter
Dec 14, 2023

CGRS joined 40 LGBTQ+ and immigrant rights organizations in a letter to Congress and President Biden, urging them to reject legislative proposals that would gut asylum protections for LGBTQ+ refugees.

Limiting Customs and Border Protection’s Detention of People Who Are Pregnant, Postpartum and/or Nursing, and Infants

Sign-on Letter
Oct 20, 2022

We joined a letter to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) demanding they uphold the reproductive rights of migrants.

The Trump Administration is Fighting to Indefinitely Detain Migrant Children and Families

Commentary
Aug 27, 2019

This piece criticizes the Trump administration's rule authorizing the government to imprison immigrant children indefinitely, explaining how the rule endangers children and why it is unlikely to hold up in court.

Deteriorating Conditions in the Jérémie, Haiti Prison: A Call to Action to Preserve Due Process and Human Life

Report
Jun 01, 2023

CGRS, UC Law SF students, and partners at the Catholic Law School of Jeremie investigate conditions in the prison in Jeremie, Haiti, finding grave violations of human rights and offering recommendations for restoring them.

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