Prof. Chan Quoted in Star Tribune on Sexual Assault of Immigrant Teen in Jail

Professor Linus Chan was quoted in a Star Tribune article about an immigrant teenager represented by the Center for New Americans' Detainee Rights Clinic who was sexually assaulted at Sherburne County Jail after he was housed with a convicted child molester who was a Department of Corrections Inmate. The story reports that the recent incident highlights a nationwide problem of assaults and sexual violence at immigration detention centers, which is exacerbated by the mixing of immigrant detainees held under civil detention with criminal detainees in county jails. The Clinic's advocacy led to the client's release without litigation, and resulted in Sherburne County segregating immigration and criminal detainees in that facility. The case also prompted the Star Tribune editorial board to call for the end of mixing immigrant detainees with criminal detainees in all facilities.