Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Summary of CRCL’s Recommendations and ICE’s Response: Krome North Service Processing Center

This is a summary of CRCL's Recommendation Memorandum to ICE that followed an onsite investigation at the Krome North Service Processing Center. ICE concurred with 20 recommendations, partially concurred with four, and non-concurred with nine.

CRCL Recommendation Memo to CBP: Interacting with Passengers with Disabilities at the Miami International Airport

This memorandum details CRCL’s recommendations to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to better enable CBP to appropriately interact with passengers with disabilities at the Miami International Airport. Specifically, this memorandum provides recommendations to CBP stemming from an allegation of inappropriate questioning of a U.S. citizen traveler by a CBP Officer on June 13, 2021.

Summary of CRCL’s Recommendations and ICE’s Response Calhoun County Correctional Center

On July 19, 2021, ICE responded to an Expert Recommendation Memorandum issued in December 2019 by CRCL that followed an onsite investigation at the Calhoun County Correctional Center (Calhoun).

Summary of CRCL’s Recommendations and ICE’s Response El Paso Service Processing Center

On May 22, 2023, ICE responded to an Expert Recommendation Memorandum issued following a targeted onsite investigation at El Paso Service Processing Center (SPC) by CRCL in September 2022. ICE concurred with three recommendations, partially concurred with eight, and non-concurred with two.

Summary of CRCL’s Recommendations and ICE’s Response Imperial Regional Detention Facility

On May 12, 2023, ICE responded to an Expert Recommendation Memorandum issued following an investigation at the Imperial Regional Detention Center (IRDF) by CRCL in September 2022. ICE concurred with ten recommendations, partially concurred with one, and non-concurred with 27.

Retention Memo Concerning FEMA’s Outreach and Recovery Assistance to Tribes and Tribal Communities in Alaska

CRCL memo to FEMA concerning FEMA’s provision of language assistance, outreach, and recovery assistance to tribes and tribal communities in Alaska in relation to potential civil rights concerns.

Retention Memo to ICE Concerning Segregation of Individuals with a Mental Health Disability and/or Serious Mental Illness

Over the past four years, CRCL has opened more than 60 complaints related to the segregation of individuals in ICE custody with an alleged mental health disability (MHD) or Serious Mental Illness (SMI). These allegations have arisen at different, geographically diverse, ICE detention facilities. These facilities operate under differing government agreements, a range of ICE detention standards, and further vary according to the specific provider(s) of mental health services.

To address the various issues implicated in these allegations, CRCL identified a representative sample of seven complaints to capture the types of allegations CRCL received from Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 – FY2023. 

Retention Memo to ICE Concerning Florence Correctional Center

CRCL has received allegations that ICE has violated the civil rights and civil liberties of noncitizens at the Florence Correctional Center (FCC) in Florence, Arizona.

Summary of CRCL Recommendation Memorandum and CBP’s Response: Cancellation of F-1 Visas of Iranian Nationals

This is a summary of CRCL's Recommendation Memorandum to CBP expressing concerns about CBP’s cancellation of certain F-1 Visas of Iranian Nationals. CBP concurred with one of CRCL’s recommendations and partially concurred with two.

Retention Memo to ICE Concerning Eloy Detention Center

The CRCL has received allegations that ICE has violated the civil rights and civil liberties of noncitizens at the Eloy Detention Center (Eloy) in Eloy, Arizona. The purpose of this memorandum is to notify ICE of the complaints and describe the allegations, inform ICE that CRCL will retain the complaints and conduct a multidisciplinary onsite investigation, and explain how CRCL will work with ICE during our investigation.