ICE Continues to Detain Hundreds of Iraqis Despite Lack of Evidence of Flight Risk or Danger
ICE Continues to Detain Hundreds of Iraqis Despite Lack of Evidence of Flight Risk or Danger
By: Monica Andrade, Skadden Fellow, and Bonsitu Kitaba-Gaviglio, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Michigan
“What did we do to deserve this?”
“If they’re being deported, why are they still in detention? And how long will they be there?”
These are just some of the questions haunting hundreds of Iraqi families, whose loved ones have been held in immigration detention for months. Starting in June, Immigration and Customs Enforcement began conducting raids on Iraqi nationals with final orders of removal.