View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by University of Maine, School of Law: Digital Commons Maine Law Review Volume 71 Number 1 Article 2 January 2019 Immigration Detention: Perspectives from Maine Law Students Working on the Ground at the Laredo Detention Center in Texas Joann Bautista University of Maine School of Law Katie J. Bressler University of Maine School of Law Nora R. Bosworth University of Maine School of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr Part of the Immigration Law Commons, and the President/Executive Department Commons Recommended Citation Joann Bautista, Katie J. Bressler & Nora R. Bosworth, Immigration Detention: Perspectives from Maine Law Students Working on the Ground at the Laredo Detention Center in Texas, 71 Me. L. Rev. 1 (2019). Available at: https://digitalcommons.mainelaw.maine.edu/mlr/vol71/iss1/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Law Review by an authorized editor of University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. IMMIGRATION DETENTION: PERSPECTIVES FROM MAINE LAW STUDENTS WORKING ON THE GROUND AT THE LAREDO DETENTION CENTER IN TEXAS Joann Bautista, Katie Bressler, & Nora Bosworth ABSTRACT I. INTRODUCTION A. The Laredo Project 1. The Jones Day Presence 2. Jones Day and Maine Law—A Meaningful Partnership 3. The Laredo Experience II. IMMIGRATION TODAY A. Political Climate B. Immigration and Detention Under Trump: A Look at the Numbers C.