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Following Government’s Forced ‘Death Flight’ Deportations and Torture of Black Immigrants, Advocates Seek Answers In new FOIA requests, civil rights attorneys request government records after civil rights complaints left unanswered April 26, 2021, Washington, D.C. – Civil rights attorneys today submitted a pair of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the federal government seeking information on…

First death in ICE custody under the Biden Administration For Immediate Release: Monday, February 1, 2021 Lumpkin, Georgia — Immigrants’ rights organizations El Refugio, Georgia Detention Watch, Project South and Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR) in Georgia and Detention Watch Network are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Felix Montes de Oca,…

December 22, 2020 Contact: Azadeh Shahshahani, azadeh@prjs.palantetech.coop, 404-574-0851   BREAKING: Legal Filing Reveals Growing Number of Women Experienced Medical Abuse in ICE Custody  After having unnecessary, non-consensual medical procedures performed on them, ICE continues attempts to silence the women who have spoken out    Ocilla, GA – Late last night, lawyers representing the women who…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 13, 2020   Government Accountability Project and Project South Condemn Deportation of ICE Medical Abuse Survivors WASHINGTON — Following our client Dawn Wooten’s whistleblower disclosure of medical mistreatment in ICE detention, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has responded by deporting survivors instead of taking meaningful action. Six formerly detained women have…

Groups File Urgent Request with United Nations on Behalf of Immigrant Women in Georgia Detention Center Request addresses U.S. violations of international law at immigration detention facilities in Georgia, calls for international condemnation of treatment of women in their care   Philadelphia, PA – November 20, 2020 – Project South and the Transnational Legal Clinic…

[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 30, 2020 Civil Rights Advocates Win Reversal of Discriminatory City Utility Policies in Court Settlement   City of LaGrange, GA, ends local policies that had unlawful discriminatory impact on Black and Latinx residents ATLANTA — Civil rights groups reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit against…

[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] For Immediate Release October 29, 2020 CREW, NIPNLG and Project South sue ICE over forced sterilization records  CREW, the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild (NIPNLG) and Project South are suing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for failing to turn over records of non-consensual medical procedures performed…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 17th, 2020 Government Accountability Project and Project South Send Letter to Congress on Behalf of Whistleblower Client WASHINGTON—Today, Government Accountability Project and Project South sent a letter to Congress outlining the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General complaint from client and whistleblower, Ms. Dawn Wooten, LPN, regarding the egregious health practices…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 22, 2020 CONTACT: Azadeh Shahshahani, azadeh@prjs.palantetech.coop, 404-574-0851 Cristina Velez, cristina@nipnlg.org, 347-943-1164 Khaled Alrabe, khaled@nipnlg.org, 510-689-3994   Groups File FOIA Request to Demand Transparency and Accountability for Medical Abuse of People at ICE Detention Facilities Project South and the National Immigration Project (NIPNLG) Seek Records on Non-Consensual Hysterectomies and Other Invasive Medical…

For Immediate Release Monday, September 21, 2020 Contact Azadeh Shahshahani, azadeh@prjs.palantetech.coop, 404-574-0851 Carly Perez Fernandez, cperez@detentionwatchnetwork.org   Reported death in detention this week, whistleblower revelations last week — No one is safe in ICE custody   Lumpkin, Georgia — Today the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported the death of Cipriano Chavez-Alvarez, 61, who died from COVID-19 early…