Was Live Friday, October 3, 2025 | 11am PST
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Guest Speakers
- Andrew Free, Atlanta-based lawyer; founded #DetentionKills, to support families and communities affected by deaths in DHS custody
- Yannick Gill, Senior Counsel for Refugee Advocacy, Human Rights First
- Heather Hogan, Policy and Practice Counsel, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
Event Overview
Fifteen immigrants have died in immigration detention so far this year, ten of them between January and June, making that period the deadliest in recent history. Some of these deaths were suicides.
More than 1,200 people are allegedly missing from the infamous and controversial Everglades facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” with families and attorneys unable to locate them.
Advocates report that children are being subjected to prolonged detention under harmful conditions, and that reports of overcrowding, unsanitary facilities, and problems with food and health care access are multiplying.
There are currently close to 60,000 detainees, a record number, and the rapid expansion of arrests and detention, combined with diminishing transparency, signals a worsening situation for immigrants, most of whom have not been convicted of any crime.
Our panelists today will discuss these issues and provide the best information available.
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