Immigration

Black immigrants who were formerly held in two detention centers in Louisiana are calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to end contracts with the facilities. Through a complaint filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center, they claim that the detention centers staff and officers engaged in "abusive, inhumane, criminal and racially discriminatory practices."

Advocates say asylum seekers, many of whom are Cuban, Haitian and Venezuelan, are not being tested before entering Louisiana and Mississippi communities.