Press & Publications

Opinion

• Capitol Weekly – Stop COVID-19 spread in private detention facilities
• LA Times – COVID is rampant in ICE lockups. Where’s the vaccine?
• OC-Register – ICE detention facilities were already a human rights emergency before COVID-19
• Daily Journal -Victories affirm California’s right to protect immigrants in detention
• Davis Vanguard- Yuba County Should End Its ICE Contract
• SacBee – Immigrants face coronavirus in ‘death trap’ detention centers. California must act

Publications

• Immigration Initiative at Harvard – Immigrant Detention and COVID-19: A Tragic Call to Action for Federal and State Officials
  By Caitlin Patler, Jackie Gonzalez, and Hamid Yazdan Panah
  
• UC Davis Global Migration Center -Immigrant detention, COVID-19, and opportunities for action
  By Caitlin Patler, PhD, University of California, Davis; Altaf Saadi, MD MSc, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Hamid Yazdan Panah, JD, Immigrant Defense Advocates

In the Press

• LA Times -A 9th Circuit panel tossed California’s ban on private immigration facilities. That could change on appeal
• KQED- Immigrant Detainees Strike Over Working Conditions, California Regulators Investigate
• California Healthline- Sharing Covid Vax Facts Inside ICE Detention, One Detainee at a Time
• Spectrum News 1 – Private detention appeal highlights Biden’s immigration challenges
• KQED- Will California’s Ban on For-Profit Immigration Detention and Prisons Survive Biden Opposition?
• LA Times –  California banned private prisons, immigrant detention centers. Will the law survive court? 
• Fresno Bee- California ban on private prisons, immigration detention centers ‘extreme,’ feds say
• Truth Out -Abuse and Lack of Transparency Fuel Vaccine Mistrust in ICE Jails
• La Opinion – Inmigrantes en detención temen que vacuna COVID-19 sea usada para retrasar su liberación
• KQED – Advocates Work to Combat Vaccine Distrust in ICE Detention Facilities
• Sacramento Bee – California Democrat moves to strengthen state’s oversight of unaccompanied immigrant children
• Daily Kos- After months of pressure from advocates, detained immigrants in California now eligible for vaccine
• The Independent – Inside the vaccination crisis in ICE detention centres
• KQED – ICE Detainees in California Now Eligible For COVID-19 Vaccine
• LA Times – ‘More people are going to die’: Immigrant detainees wonder when they’ll get vaccinated
• Scientific American -America’s Immigration System Is a COVID Superspreader
• CalMatters -Immigration detention centers showcase California’s vaccine chaos
• Desert Sun – When will ICE detainees get vaccinated? ‘I don’t know,’ state official says
• The Independent – California governor urged to vaccinate hundreds of detained migrants amid confusion over plans
• KTVU -Lawmakers, immigrant rights advocates question California’s plan to vaccinate ICE detainees
• Sacramento Bee – Democrats push Newsom to prioritize COVID vaccinations for California’s immigrant detainees
• KQED- Advocates Fear Immigrant Detainees Could Be Left Out of Vaccination Plans
• LA Times- Detainees at California’s for-profit ICE detention centers will soon be able to sue over abuse, harm
• Desert Sun- ‘They need to be regulated’: Bill seeks to hold private prison companies accountable
• EFE News – California avala ley que permite demandar a cárceles privadas para migrantes
• Desert Sun – What we know so far: 114 COVID-19 cases among detainees and staff at Adelanto ICE facility
• LA Times- As coronavirus cases surge again, ICE leaders push to detain more immigrants
• LA Times – ICE plans to deploy more resources in ‘sanctuary’ cities, citing lack of cooperation
• Desert Sun – Adelanto planner who voted against detention center expansion ousted from commission
• Desert Sun – How a private prison giant has continued to thrive in a state that wants it out
• LA Times – ICE signs contracts extending private immigrant detention centers ahead of California ban
• Desert Sun – ICE signs long-term contracts worth billions for private detention centers, dodging new state law
• Wall Street Journal – Trump Administration Awards Migrant Detention Contracts Days Before California Would Ban Them
• San Francisco Chronicle – ICE signs contracts for detention centers days before California law will ban such agreements
• KHSU – ICE Poised to Sign New For-Profit Detention Contracts Before California’s Ban Begins

Audio & Video

• Jackie Gonzalez on Radio Bilingue
• Jackie Gonzalez on Al Jazeera’s the Stream