Northwestern University
Jacqueline Stevens is director of Northwestern University's Deportation Research Clinic, and co-editor of Citizenship in Question: Evidentiary Birthright and Statelessness.
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Lawsuit alleges thousands of ICE detainees were forced into labor Photo by Barnellbe A lawsuit against private prisons has now been opened up to a class action that could involve some 60,000 undocumented workers. They've been detained by ICE at profit-making centers where many say they've been punished unless they perform labor for one dollar a day. Jackie Stevens, Director of Northwestern University's Deportation Research Clinic, has more.
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