Magazine Article:

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/30/us-new-report-shines-spotlight-abuses-and-growth-immigrant-detention-under-trump

In this newspaper article, “New Report Shines Spotlight on Abuses and Growth in Immigrant Detention Under Trump”, the article highlights the immigration centers growing abuse and allegations medical conditions. The writers touch upon the inhuman conditions that the detained people are forced to live with. This article informs their audience that detained people are not being treated as humans and given the proper attention that is needed.

Website:

https://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrants-rights/immigrants-rights-and-detention/sexual-abuse-immigration-detention-0

This website summarizes the sexual abuse rates in immigrant detention facilities. The author points out the many issues wrong with the Government and its ways of running detention facilities. The purpose of this article is to inform its audience of the unconstitutional levels of medical and metal health care that are striped away from detained people.

Newspaper Article: New York Times

The newspaper article informs the audience of the thousands of sexual abuse allegations that were reported by children in immigrant detention centers. The author brought up the amount of cases where allegations were made totaling more than 4,500 reports of child abuse. The article made a point how sexual abuse cases weren’t taken seriously and underreported within the years. This further explains how the Government is not taking the detainees seriously and the conditions they are going through.

Scholarly Source:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10714839.2013.11721914?journalCode=rnac20

The source “detained in Obscurity: The U.S Immigrant Detention Regime” by David Hernandez, discusses the amount of immigrants detained in facilities that are forced to be in solitary confinement. The source raises some question on why would immigrants who are not criminals held in such punishment. The author brought up how solitary confinement is used and the impact it has on a persons life.