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Newly erected holding tents for detained migrants are seen at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay

Politics Sep 24

ICE has wasted tens of millions of dollars with 'uninformed' detention plans, GAO finds

By Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press

Politics Jun 24

US Immigration Detention Warehouses
Federal officials plan to offload some warehouses purchased for immigrant detention

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is retreating from a plan to use warehouses to hold up to 10,000 people on a single site, dropping a key piece of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s $38-billion plan to rapidly expand detention…

By Heather Hollingsworth, Ryan Foley, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

Politics Apr 01

FILE PHOTO: Kristi Noem is seen at Shield of the Americas Summit in Doral, Florida
DHS pauses new immigrant warehouse purchases as all Noem-era contracts are reviewed

The new Homeland Security Secretary, Markwayne Mullin, was sworn in last week to lead a department that was steeped in controversy during Kristi Noem's tenure but also central to President Trump's mass deportation agenda.

By Rebecca Santana, Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press

Politics Aug 13

An aerial view of "Alligator Alcatraz" ICE detention center in Ochopee
Environmental concerns could halt construction at 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center

The fate of a makeshift immigrant detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” hung in the balance on Wednesday as a federal judge considered whether building on sensitive wetlands violated environmental laws.

By David Fischer, Associated Press

Politics Jul 17

U.S. President Trump visits Florida
Gov. DeSantis blindsided Florida county officials with 'Alligator Alcatraz' plans, emails show

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration left many local officials in the dark about the immigration detention center that rose from an isolated airstrip in the Everglades, emails obtained by The Associated Press show, while relying on an executive order to…

By Kate Payne, Associated Press

Jul 13

Watch 4:46
A look at the controversy around 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention center

By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Claire Mufson

This weekend, lawmakers got their first look inside “Alligator Alcatraz,” the makeshift immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., called the conditions “disturbing and vile,” a description Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem challenged. John Yang…

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Jul 01

WATCH: Trump speaks after visit to migrant detention facility in Florida Everglades

By Adriana Gomez Licon, Will Weissert, Associated Press

President Donald Trump on Tuesday toured a new immigration detention center surrounded by alligator-filled swamps in the Florida Everglades, suggesting it could be a model for future lockups nationwide as his administration races to expand the infrastructure necessary for increasing…

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Sep 19

UK inquiry finds migrants awaiting deportation are kept 'in prison-like' conditions at a detention center

By Associated Press

Inquiry chairwoman Kate Eves said migrants suffered "shocking treatment" at the Brook House Immigration Removal Center near Gatwick Airport, south of London.

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May 20

U.S. ends use of 2 immigration jails accused of mistreatment

By Ben Fox, Associated Press

A detention facility in Georgia where women claim they were subjected to unwanted medical procedures and a Massachusetts jail that has drawn complaints of inhumane conditions will no longer be used to detain immigrants, the Biden administration said Thursday.

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Sep 25

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News Wrap: Breonna Taylor's family demands grand jury transcripts

In our news wrap Friday, Breonna Taylor’s family demanded Louisville officials release transcripts from grand jury proceedings over whether to charge police in her death. Kentucky’s attorney general said officers had acted in self-defense, after Taylor’s boyfriend fired first. Also,…

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