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Chinese national who exposed rights abuses is freed from U.S. detention after being granted asylum
Guan Heng, a Chinese national who exposed human rights abuses in his homeland, has been released from federal detention more than five…
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Federal immigration officials scout warehouses as they eye more detention space
Federal immigration officials are scouting warehouses and beginning to purchase some of them to transform into detention and processing…
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ICE Detention Center Under Lockdown Thanks to Measles Outbreak
Some detainees have been quarantined, McLaughlin said, adding that everyone is “being provided with proper medical care.” The Dilley…
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5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and father return to Minnesota from Texas detention facility
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who detained by immigration officers in Minnesota and held in Texas, have been released…
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Democrats Castro, Crockett set out to visit detention center housing family detained in Minnesota
Democratic Reps. Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett on Wednesday set out to visit the Texas facility holding a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy…
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Nicaraguan man's death at troubled Texas detention camp was reported as a suicide, 911 records show
A Nicaraguan man who died at a troubled Texas detention camp days after he was detained by immigration agents in Minnesota appeared to…
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Minneapolis duo details their ICE detention, including pressure to rat on protest organizers
Two Minneapolis residents who have been monitoring immigration officers' actions during the Trump administration's latest crackdown say…
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Suspected D.C. pipe bomber in court for detention hearing
The Virginian accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Republican and Democratic national headquarters the day before the Jan. 6, 2021,…
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Judge dismisses criminal case against TikTok streamer held in immigration detention
A federal judge has dismissed a criminal case against a popular Los Angeles TikTok streamer, citing constitutional violations after his…
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US judge blocks detention of British social media campaigner
A US judge has temporarily blocked the detention of British social media campaigner Imran Ahmed, who took legal action against the US…
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Some Native Americans draw shocked response over contract to design immigration detention centers
The Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, whose ancestors were uprooted by the U.S. from the Great Lakes region in the 1830s, are facing outrage…
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Judge says government is still blocking immigrants' access to attorneys at L.A. detention facility
A federal judge on Friday said the Trump administration is still violating detained immigrants' constitutional rights by restricting their…
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Judge sets release of hundreds of migrants from detention in Illinois
A federal judge has told the government it should release hundreds of migrants it has been holding in preparation for deportation, saying…
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ICE bristles over demand to provide toothbrushes to migrants in short-term detention
As judges move to order better conditions at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's facilities where they process, and sometimes hold,…
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ACLU lawsuit alleges appalling conditions at California's largest immigration detention facility
A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges appalling conditions at California's largest immigration detention facility, a formerly…
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Medomsley Detention Centre officer was 'prolific sex offender'
Peter HarrisNorth East and Cumbria An officer at a notorious detention centre for young offenders was "possibly the most prolific sex…
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Appellate court pauses lawsuit over Everglades detention center due to government shutdown
A federal lawsuit that temporarily had interrupted operations at an immigration detention in the Florida Everglades dubbed "Alligator…
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Trump says 2 drug boat survivors will face detention, prosecution in their home countries
President Trump said the two survivors aboard the drug-carrying vessel that American forces bombed in the Caribbean will be returned to…
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2 arrested in Texas immigration detention center shooting now face terrorism-related charges
Two people arrested in a July shooting outside an immigration detention center in Texas are facing new charges that follow President…
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The Union Organizer Held in a Secret Detention Center He Helped Expose
On a Tuesday morning in March, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulled over Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino, who was driving his…
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Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert
When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will…
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DeSantis announces plans for second immigration detention facility dubbed 'Deportation Depot'
Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is preparing to open a second immigration detention facility dubbed "Deportation…
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Judge halts new construction at 'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention camp amid ecological concerns
A federal judge ordered the government Thursday to shut down any new construction at "Alligator Alcatraz," Florida's new migrant detention…
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ICE Traps Congressional Democrats Trying to Visit Detention Center
MRNA vaccines have been around for decades but were relatively new to the United States when the coronavirus began to spread. Their use…