Illegal Alien Sues, Alleges US Detention Is Slavery

Migrants board buses to take them to shelters after being released from migration detention at the Customs and Border Protection - El Paso Border Patrol Station on the east side of El Paso on April 28, 2019. PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty Images

A former illegal alien is suing a U.S. government contractor, claiming that the immigration detention facilities it operates in Texas and elsewhere constitute illegal enclaves of slavery that violate anti-human-trafficking laws.

The case is currently before the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.