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News and Events Relating to Immigrant Detention
Detained and Deported: Failed By a Broken Immigration System
03/04/2010 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
Spertus Institute
610 South Michigan Avenue, 3rd floor
Chicago, Illinois
Bring your lunch and join us to hear from and abouat those caught in the middle of the detention and deportation system that is the shame of our country. Learn what you as an individual and as a Jew can do about it.
Speakers:
Reyna Wences - Leader of the Immigrant Youth Justice League
Rabbi Maralee Gordon - Activist for the rights and care of immigration detainees
Peggy Slater - JCUA Immigrant Rights Activist (will discuss legislative update and call to action)
Symposium on Human Trafficking and the Trial of Enemy Combatants (Chicago)
03/09/2010 9:30am - 1:30pm
The Standard Club
321 South Plymouth Court
Chicago, IL
The Chicago Bar Association and Human Rights Watch invite you to a Symposium on Human Trafficking and the Trial of Enemy Combatants.
Panel discussions at the Chicago Bar Association followed by lunch and a keynote address by Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez.
Combating Prisoner Abuse
Published: December 20, 2009
When Mississippi inmates sued their prison, charging that they had been sodomized by a staff member, the claim was thrown out. Under a harsh federal law, inmates must show that they suffered a “physical injury” to prevail in a suit challenging cruel prison conditions. A federal district court ruled in 2006 that the alleged sexual assault did not constitute physical injury.
Justice for Immigrants
11/07/2009 10:00am - 12:00pm
Hayden Center- Smith Hall 328 W. Kellogg Blvd Saint Paul, MN 55102
Sara Avendano is a hard-working mother of six children, all of whom
are US citizens. Even though Sara attends church every Sunday with her
family and has contributed to her community, she is now being forced
to leave the country by December 4th of this year. Here on a
NIJC's Defending Human Rights and Due Process Policy Brief
Fall 2009: Asylum Seekers Need Protection, Not Detention
UN Investigator Urges Protection of Detainees
October 21 - UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N.'s top investigator on torture and punishment called Tuesday for a new U.N. convention to protect the rights of detainees, saying many are held for years and sometimes for a lifetime in inhuman and degrading conditions.
The Deportee's Wife
11/05/2009 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Riverland Community College, Frank Bridges Theatre, Austin MN
In this solo show, Giselle Stern Hernandez's marriage is laid out on the front lines of the North American immigration debate. Giselle's husband Roberto was deported from chicago, Illinois back to Mexico in April of 2001. Giselle moved to Mexico to live with him in august of that same year. While she was born and raised in the States, and they were legally married, it made no difference. Her husband was deported, with the order to stay out of the U.S. for twenty years.