Immigration Storytelling Project: Adams County Correctional Center

This documentary examines the Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, Mississippi, exploring the experiences of immigrants detained there and the questions of justice, dignity, and humanity raised by immigration detention in our state.

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Is Mississippi helping ICE expand its reach?

In the past year, Mississippi has quietly, but efficiently, expanded its operations with the federal government’s law enforcement agencies.

Using 287(g) agreements as a basis for partnership, several of Mississippi’s public officials have joined forces with Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE). The embattled agency has unleashed violence, which has spurred a wave of resistance, across the United States.

Agreements between ICE and some Mississippi law enforcement agencies are likely to reshape public safety, civil rights and communities across the state. This explainer provides information, data and resources for people who are concerned about the expanding role of ICE in their communities.