Detention and Civil Rights

Under Trump‑era immigration policies, migrants are being held in record‑long ICE detention with reports of squalid conditions — from worms in food and non‑flushing toilets to sewage overflows and insects — and human‑rights groups say at least two people died at Fort Bliss. Legal advocates report people (including those who signed voluntary departure and a Chinese man held more than a year without seeing an immigration judge) remain detained as DHS defends its approach as lawful, even as critics cite the Supreme Court’s six‑month reasonableness cap and lengthy deportation delays to some countries that leave vulnerable migrants detained rather than released with work permits.