immigration detention

12 posts

Scores of NYC volunteers prepare for potential military deployment to their communities

Organizers report signs of an impending immigration enforcement operation after Trump threatened action against New York City if Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race

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5 Min
By: Maurizio Guerrero

Private prison executives revel in profiting off ICE arrests in earnings calls

Second-quarter earnings calls reveal how GEO Group and CoreCivic are championing and profiting from Trump’s mass deportation agenda

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6 Min
By: Eliza Dewey

Disabled immigrants detained at notorious California facility report abuse and neglect

Disability Rights California found inhumane and unlawful conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, where a 39-year-old man died last month

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5 Min
By: Reina Sultan

Deported after reporting sexual assault: A Florida worker’s fight for justice

Jennyfer told police that her manager assaulted her. Within weeks of reporting, she was charged with a DUI and deported to Nicaragua

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9 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Judge’s reopening of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ raises ethical concerns

Advocates say Judge Barbara Lagoa, whose husband represents the state of Florida in other legal cases, should have recused herself from ruling on the detention center

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8 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

FIU’s ICE collaboration undermines university’s mission, faculty say

Faculty union demands answers after Prism and other news outlets reported that Florida International University supplied equipment to “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center

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7 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

ICE has stopped reporting number of transgender people in custody

Advocates say the lack of data hampers efforts to ensure people’s safety as the Trump administration ramps up immigration detentions

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4 Min
By: Adam Rhodes

Medical emergency at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ highlights systemic neglect, advocates say

A phone call recording obtained by Prism details one detainee’s description of conditions at the immigration detention facility

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8 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

‘History is echoing’: Miccosukee Tribe challenges secrecy and environmental harm at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The tribe, whose territory is adjacent to the immigration detention facility in the Florida Everglades, joined a lawsuit against the state and federal governments on July 14

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4 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

‘No detention on stolen land’: Protesters decry ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ICE facility in the Everglades

The proposed development, adjacent to federally protected lands that are sacred to Indigenous groups, would be Florida’s largest immigration detention center

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8 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Beyond the crackdown: Here’s how communities are resisting Trump’s war on immigrants

As the Trump administration revives mass detention and deportation, community bond funds like Envision Freedom are freeing people, reuniting families, and building a new vision for safety rooted in care and solidarity

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3 Min
By: Rosa Santana

Migrant deaths and disappearances are part of Biden’s legacy on immigration

The Biden administration leaves a sprawling and well-resourced deportation machine to Donald Trump, who is promising mass expulsion

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12 Min
By: María Inés Taracena

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