How ICE Flooded Louisiana’s Prison System with Asylum Seekers

By NowThis

Published on 12/10/2019 at 12:39 PM

Former jails are being turned into ICE detention centers across the Southern United States — this immigration attorney is fighting to provide legal assistance to imprisoned asylum detainees who face an uncertain fate.

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