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2011 Voices of Courage Honoree Publishes Piece in Guardian on Ratko Mladic's War Crimes Trial
One of our 2011 Voices of Courage honorees, Zrinka Bralo, published a blog on the Guardian website sharing reflections on the...
A Call to Action: It’s Time to End Violence against Women
This week, we mark the start of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence Campaign. 16 Days, an international campaign launched in 1991 by Rutgers University’s Center for Women's Global Leadership, mobilizes people and organizations to...
A Closer Look Inside Arizona Detention Centers: Calling for More Access and Oversight
Driving up to the Central Arizona Detention Center (CADC), all you see is a vast empty stretch of desert reaching south to the U.S/Mexico border. Electric fencing and concertina wire ring the facility and armed guards patrol the grounds under the...
Alabama’s new law and the impact on immigrant families
Fifty years ago, Alabama found itself at the center of a national battle for justice and civil rights. The bus boycotts, freedom rides and efforts to integrate schools and universities are widely looked upon as watershed moments in the march...
An Inside Look At Women, Peace and Security
At Risk of Deportation and Thrown Into the Clutches of Known Killers
Read Michelle Brané's, Director of Detention and Asylum, piece in the Huffington Post, about Edmond Demiraj who, 10 years ago, agreed to testify against an Albanian mobster living in Texas who was charged, among o...
Building Trust: Protecting Children in Colombia’s War
Call for House to Restore Funding for Life-Saving Humanitarian Programs
Last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that slashes funding for refugee programs by more than 40 percent and international disaster assistance by more than 50 percent. These deep cuts to humanitarian aid are very concerning and...
Children Left Behind: Number of Children in Foster Care Due to Parents’ Detention Climbs
Maribel was driving in Virginia with her one-year-old child when she was pulled over by a police officer, who asked to see her driver’s license. A Mexican citizen living in the U.S. without a visa, Maribel was arrested for driving without a l...
Children Of Immigrants Face Hardship To Keep Families Together
Michelle Brané, director of the Detention and Asylum Program, is quoted in Elise Foley's Huffington Post article, "Children Of Immigrants Face Hardship To ...
Commemorating World Humanitarian Day
Today we celebrate World Humanitarian Day, honoring the men and women who devote their lives to the challenging and dangerous work of providing humanitarian aid. Every day,...
Department of Justice Rule Fails to Shield Detained Immigrants from Sexual Assault
Last month federal charges were filed against Donald Dunn, a former guard at the T. Don Hutto immigrant detention facility in Taylor, Texas. Dunn is already serving time for state charges of sexual assault of detainees, and is now accused of...
For Immigrants, Is the United States a Safe Haven or Prison Ward?
This blog was originally published on the Huffington Post. Names can be misleading, and that is certainly the case with representative Lamar Smith's (R-Texas) new disturbing piece of legislation, the Keep Our Communities Safe Act....
Good News on Immigration But Keeping the Pressure On
By Michelle Brané, Director of Detention and Asylum, Women’s Refugee Commission, published on Huffington Post. Immigration and Customs...
Immigrant Detainees
Michelle Brané's letter on immigrant detainees in response to an article entitled "Getting Tough on Immigrants to Turn a Profit" has been published by the New York...
Immigrant Detainees Languish in Notorious Etowah County Detention Center
The Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden, Alabama, houses immigration detainees along with county inmates. The facility, which on any given day houses over 300 immigrants, is notorious for poor conditions. It is hours away from any immigration...
Immigration Detention Reforms Are More Than Just Window Dressing
One year ago today, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an agency of the Department of Homeland Security, released a report written by Dr. Dora Schriro, then Planning Director for ICE’s Office of Detention Policy and Planning.
Invisible and Overlooked: Refugees with Disabilities
As the world marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3, it is gratifying to be able to share encouraging developments related to the well-being of the estimated 4 million refugees and internally displaced people who are...
It's Time to Protect Women and Children in Immigration Detention From Rape
Michelle Brané has a new blog out on the Huffington Post calling for the protection of immigrant detainees held in U.S. custody from sexual assault.
Join Us in Support of the HELP Act (Humane Enforcement and Legal Protection for Separated Children Act)
Immigration enforcement has drastically increased in the United States over the last few years. And children have become victims of expanded detention and deportation policies that are carried out without adequate consideration of the consequences...
