January 18, 2012 - 8th Day Center for Justice

December 22, 2012 - National Immigrant Justice Center

December 16, 2011 - Chicago Sun-Times Op-ed by Debra Erenberg, member of the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights Steering Committee and Midwest Regional Director for Amnesty International, USA

December 16, 2011 - Center for Victims of Torture

St. Paul, MN – The Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) is profoundly disappointed that Congress has approved, and President Obama has agreed to sign into law, new legal authorization for indefinite detention of captured terrorism suspects under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (NDAA). This action marks the first time the United States has statutorily authorized cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees.

December 13, 2011 - National Immigrant Justice Center

December 8, 2011 - National Immigrant Justice Center

December 1, 2011 - National Immigrant Justice Center

November 30, 2011 - National Immigrant Justice Center

November 2, 2011 - ACLU Blog of Rights

“This isn't a question of whether or not we will detain people. We will detain people, and we will detain them on a grand scale,” said John Morton, director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

October 25, 2011 - University of Minnesota Law School

Earlier this month, students and faculty working at the University of Minnesota Law School's Immigration and Human Rights Clinic helped a West African man, who prefers to remain anonymous, secure asylum in the United States. After being arrested, starved, beaten, tortured, and sexually humiliated by government soldiers for his political beliefs, the man risked his life to escape imprisonment and travel to the United States.