Advocates claim U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is using its detention facilities, holding around 60,000 people, as a coercive measure to compel immigrants to leave the country.

<img alt="Amanda Aguilar, staff attourney, American Gateways." height="349" src="https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1d266692-6b53-449b-b003-e634b7c3d619,1779286443501/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C223%2C4240%2C2385%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="Amanda Aguilar, right, speak with someone waiting outside the ICE field office in San Antonio, TX. Aguilar is an attorney for a Texas non-profit that provides legal aid to immigrants." width="620" /><p>U.S. Immigration and Customs and Enforcement is ...