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Nuns and Allies Confront ICE on the 100th Day of the Obama Administration

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After 2 1/2 years of weekly vigils, nuns confront ICE seeking to pray with detainees inside the Broadview detention facility. Read more…

“A Hidden System” and the Human Cost of Detention

Americans of all stripes are coming together to shine light on the federal government’s failure to uphold basic human rights and due process for immigrants being held in detention. “A Hidden System” is a short video that ICIRR teamed up on to give a face and a voice to what’s wrong with our ballooning detention industry. Read more…

Deportation drama plays out at Broadview facility

Tribune Staff Report

Every week roughly 300 immigrant detainees are processed through the Broadview Service Staging Area, a federal facility on a dead end street. Read more…

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