The number of immigrants in detention in the United States has increased exponentially in the past decade to over 300,000 annually, with about 30,000 in custody at any given time, at isolated locations scattered across the country. Detained immigrants include those both documented and undocumented, with many asylum seekers, trafficking victims and even children. Though kept in prison-like conditions, many in criminal facilities, detainees are held under civil immigration laws, under which they are neither accused nor convicted of a crime. They have no right to counsel, are often subject to mandatory detention without the right to judicial review and face challenges in their use of habeas corpus. Our panel of distinguished experts will discuss the due process challenges of immigration detention, current case law and legislation and the prospects for new policies with the current Administration.

Featuring:

Bryan Lonegan
Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor, Center for Social Justice,
Seton Hall University School of Law

Sunita Patel
Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights

Judy Rabinovitz
Deputy Director, Immigrants' Rights Project,
American Civil Liberties Union

Mark von Sternberg
Senior Attorney, Immigration & Refugee Services,
Catholic Charities Community Services

Moderated by:

Lenni Benson
Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Professional Development,
New York Law School