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Politics May 28

Palestinian woman detained for a year after protesting war in Gaza describes experience

By Lisa Desjardins, Amalia Huot-Marchand

Nation May 27

Protest outside the CoreCivic Houston Processing Center, a privately operated federal immigration detention facility, in H...
ICE detainees dying by suicide at 'alarming' rate, AP investigation finds

Brayan Rayo Garzon was distraught. Detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he was on his fourth day of isolation in a Missouri jail as he battled the fevers and chills of COVID-19. His request for mental health treatment had been…

Politics May 19

Federal immigration officers at U.S. Immigration Court in New York City
Watch 5:49
What happens to children when immigrant parents are detained by ICE

Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, the administration has detained nearly half a million immigrants, according to a new report. But the number of children they leave behind and what happens to them, most of whom are…

By Liz Landers, Leila Jackson, Kyle Midura

Politics Apr 08

detained
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DACA recipient detained by ICE while delivering milk to premature daughter in NICU

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is a program created to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation if they were brought to the U.S. as children. But since January 2025, ICE has detained more than 260 DACA recipients and deported more than…

By Lisa Desjardins, Jonah Anderson, Amalia Huot-Marchand

Nation Apr 06

A U.S. soldier loads a Dronebuster to counter drones on the U.S.-Mexico border.
3-year-old suffered sexual abuse during months in immigration custody, family alleges

An immigrant family is grappling with the ordeal suffered by a 3-year-old girl who endured alleged sexual abuse while her father fought for five months for her release from federal custody.

By Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press

Apr 01

DHS pauses new immigrant warehouse purchases as all Noem-era contracts are reviewed

By Rebecca Santana, Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press

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.

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Feb 27

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ICE spending billions to turn warehouses into migrant detention facilities

By Liz Landers, Doug Adams

For months, ICE has been quietly buying industrial warehouses around the country, reportedly with plans to turn them into a network of immigration detention and processing centers to hold tens of thousands of detainees. White House correspondent Liz Landers reports…

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Feb 10

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Mother recounts weeks in immigration custody with her U.S. citizen children

By Lisa Desjardins, Ali Schmitz, Amalia Huot-Marchand

The Trump administration has said its immigration crackdown targets the worst of the worst, but many people without criminal records are getting swept up and detained — some of them along with their families. Lisa Desjardins spoke with one of…

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Feb 09

Migrants face dire conditions and prolonged waits in U.S. detention centers

By Gisela Salomon, Associated Press

The number of people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention has topped 70,000 for the first time.

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Jan 22

Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia, autopsy finds

By Michael Biesecker, Ryan J. Foley, Associated Press

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the 55-year-old father of four was attempting suicide and the staff tried to save him. But a witness told The Associated Press last week that Lunas Campos was handcuffed as at least five guards…

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