Lawfare Daily: Why Immigrants are Challenging the Conditions of their Detention

About this episode

The episode discusses the legal challenges faced by immigrants in detention facilities and the conditions they endure.

The Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement policies have resulted in an unprecedented number of people being held in detention facilities. Now, lawsuits across the country are alleging horrific conditions in those facilities, including excessive force, unsanitary conditions, and denial of medical care. On today's podcast, Executive Editor Natalie Orpett speaks with Elora Mukherjee, Director of the Immigrants’ Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School, about the legal landscape of immigration detention. They discuss what rights detained immigrants have, why it's so hard to enforce them, and why it's even harder to get a remedy when rights are violated.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Natalie Orpett

Guest: Elora Mukherjee

Topics covered

• immigration detention
• lawsuits
• legal rights
• detention conditions
• medical care
• enforcement

Keywords

• immigration
• detention
• lawsuits
• rights
• medical care
• Trump administration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Columbia Law School, Trump administration

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