Amy Fischer
Director for Refugee and Migrant Rights at Amnesty International USA, an expert on immigration detention conditions who leads investigations and reporting on human rights abuses in U.S. detention facilities.
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Feb 3, 2026 • 29min
What happens in ICE detention?
Amy Fischer, Director for Refugee and Migrant Rights at Amnesty International USA, is an expert on U.S. immigration detention conditions. She describes arrests and processing, barriers to legal access, family detention harms, shocking findings at facilities like Alligator Alcatraz, denied inspections, rising deaths in custody, and how courts and Congress can try to respond.
