immigration detention

Day care worker detained by immigration agents in Chicago released

By Associated Press

Diana Santillana Galeano was detained last week at Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center.

British commentator Sami Hamdi considers taking legal action against U.S. over ICE detention

By Kwiyeon Ha, Pan Pylas, Associated Press

British political commentator Sami Hamdi has said on his arrival back in the U.K. that he was considering suing U.S. authorities for his detention in an immigration detention center.

Nebraska converts prison into federal immigration center, aims to fill it by Thanksgiving

By Margery A. Beck, Associated Press

A minimum-security state prison in the remote southwest corner of Nebraska reconfigured to serve as a federal immigration detention center began accepting detainees earlier this week, Gov. Jim Pillen said Thursday.

Judge calls alleged conditions at Chicago-area immigration site 'disgusting'

By Christine Fernando, Associated Press

A federal judge is hearing in a lawsuit against the federal government by advocates who describe conditions at a Chicago-area immigration facility as inhumane.

Immigrant rights group says pregnant women in ICE detention received inadequate care

By Sara Cline, Valerie Gonzalez, Associated Press

The American Civil Liberties Union is alleging that pregnant detainees being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in Louisiana and Georgia are being mistreated and receiving inadequate care.

'Alligator Alcatraz' detainees given color-coded uniforms, 5:30 a.m. breakfast and strict rules

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Detainees arriving at the immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades are given color-coded uniforms and segregated based on criminal history and flight risk.

South Korea sends plane to U.S. to bring back workers detained in immigration raid

By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press

A total of 475 workers, more than 300 of them South Koreans, were rounded up in the Sept. 4 raid at the battery factory under construction at Hyundai's sprawling auto plant west of Savannah.