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DHS ending contracts with 2 local jails that house detained immigrants
The decision is part of a broader reevaluation by the Biden administration of the federal government’s approach to these facilities.
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The Department of Homeland Security is moving to halt detention of immigrants in two county jails under federal investigation, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
The decision involves jails in Massachusetts and Georgia and is part of a broader reevaluation by the Biden administration of the federal government’s approach to these facilities.
Addressing the Legacy of US-Sponsored Reproductive Coercion 10 December, 2020 - 19:50
This blog is the second in our series on priorities for the incoming Biden administration. Read our first installation,
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The incoming Biden administration provides an opportunity to not only reverse the harmful and unjust policies of the Trump administration, but also to advance policies that respect human rights, increase bodily autonomy, and set the US on a path toward gender justice. One of the key challenges facing President-elect Biden is the forced sterilization of women in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody and the continued legacy of reproductive coercion.
This fall, Dawn Wooten, a nurse in Georgia’s Irwin County Detention Center, filed a whistleblower complaint after detained, immigrant women bravely revealed that ICE subjected them to invasive medical procedures, including hysterectomies without their[.]