Detention conditions litigation does not directly curb ICE enforcement, but it can pose important restrictions on ICE's capacity to arrest immigrants.

We won!

Just came back to Twitter to see this message from @DorothyERoberts 💕… who was and always will be one of my personal heroes and leading lights for her grounded and visionary scholarship and true generosity

No amount of oversight is going to fix this broken machine. /end

The Trump administration wants to aggressively expand detention capacity to 100K people per day, with fat Congressional approps. Detainees report that conditions in detention continue to deteriorate. At least 5 people in ICE detention have died since Trump entered office. /9

What does this all mean to people in detention? DHS says that it will work to establish “performance measures” and “strengthen its process.” But let’s not be fooled that any of this will mean any improvements for detained immigrants. /8

But the report also notes that DHS stated it rejected the recommendation for OIDO, as it is “realigning responsibilities” for OIDO. /7

The GAO found that DHS’s inspection system for conditions in ICE detention lacks basic methods for performance management, and recommends that DHS develop and implement goals and measures for their inspection programs. /6

Although the Office of Immigration Detention Ombudsman found that 29 of the 31 facilities that they inspected was out of compliance with detention standards —this office has now been effectively shuttered by reductions in force under the Trump administration. /5

Tell that, of course, to the families of people who have died in ICE custody—as we found, 95% of these deaths were likely preventable if adequate care had been provided. https://t.co/cBRUhTlFfx. /4

ICE Health Service Corps inspectors found that facilities frequently failed to meet staffing and care requirements , and had deficiencies in providing chronic care and suicide watch—but found the majority of facilities to be “100% compliant” with ICE medical standards. /3

For example, in 2023, Office of Detention Oversight identified 120 areas of concern regarding sexual abuse and assault in ICE detention, but did not require resolution of these concerns because “they are not among the detention standards the facilities are required to follow.”/2

Thread: ICE detention oversight. The GAO issued a new report on oversight and inspections of ICE detention facilities. https://t.co/2IG0iwK0gY.... It confirms what we've said for years: DHS has failed to conduct effective oversight of conditions in ICE detention facilities. 1/

They are suspending Department of Education staff for learning about Individualized Education Program. An IEP is a document required by law under the The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Teachers are literally getting suspended for learning about Special Education

ICE detention standards are already notoriously low, with weak enforcement. This will only lead to a deterioration of dangerous detention conditions.

News: The U.S. military will be allowing ICE to use the Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora, Colorado to detain unauthorized migrants arrested by federal deportation officers. A DOD spokesperson tells @ellee_watson it will be used for "criminal aliens" arrested in Colorado.

https://t.co/gTW7a1ydWy

Congratulations to detained immigrants at the Northwest Detention Center--the Ninth Circuit just upheld a ruling that the GEO Group's $1/day "voluntary" work program violates WA state minimum wage protections.

Rather than permanently shutting down abusive detention facilities, the Biden administration is paving the way for President-elect Donald Trump to make good on his cruel and inhumane mass deportation proposals.

MTC also put one of its facilities in South Texas up for offer--most likely the Willacy County Jail in Raymondsville, Texas.