Tag: immigration detention

The state says the federal government never studied what a 1,200-bed facility would do to a town of about 1,600, its water supply or local wildlife.

Rebookings of immigrants into local jails are an effort to circumvent federal rules and regulations, legal experts say. Our nationwide analysis shows that in the past year, two Florida jails had unusually high numbers of rebookings.

No facility on the agency’s own website showed evidence of more than one inspection last year, though the standards call for two, and the number of people held in detention rose 78% over the same period.

The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.

The 6-3 ruling allows border officials to treat some lawful permanent residents accused of crimes as applicants for admission, raising new fears of detention, deportation, and years of legal limbo.

New standards allow broader AI use, lock in $1-a-day labor limits, and give detention operators more flexibility as ICE expands under Trump’s mass enforcement agenda.

Sen. Andy Kim says federal agents used pepper spray and less-lethal rounds outside a New Jersey detention center where hundreds of migrants are protesting alleged medical neglect, inadequate food, and poor treatment inside a privately operated ICE facility.

A Brookings Institution study suggests the scale of family separation tied to Trump’s expanded immigration detention campaign is far greater than previously documented, with more than 22,000 American children left without any live-in parent at home.

Federal ruling finds continued detention risks constitutional violation after nearly a year of confinement, medical emergencies, and allegations of worsening conditions at Texas center.

Congressional testimony, public health records, and detainee reports reveal medical neglect, blocked oversight, and infectious disease concerns inside rapidly growing federal immigration detention sites.