Worms in food, poor care, lights on 24/7: Families tell of life in detention center

LAREDO, Texas — A month after ICE agents sent the young Ecuadorian mother and her 7-year-old daughter to a sprawling detention center 1,300 miles from their Minnesota home, they were finally free. But when the bus pulled up to a migrant shelter in the border city of Laredo, dropping off a half-dozen families lugging bags … Read more

Trump administration labels Iran state sponsor of wrongful detention

The Trump administration on Friday formally designated Iran as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, escalating pressure on Tehran at a moment of mounting military tensions and sputtering diplomacy.  The designation, announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, activates authorities created under an executive order signed in September that expanded the government’s ability to penalize … Read more

Listen: 911 calls from the ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas

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911 calls capture kids burning with fever, struggling to breathe at ICE detention center

Kheilin Valero Marcano’s account paints a different picture. By mid-January, Valero Marcano knew something was seriously wrong with her daughter, Amalia. In the month since federal officers arrested the family of asylum-seekers during an immigration check-in in El Paso, Texas, and transferred them to Dilley, the 17-month-old’s health had steadily declined. For weeks, according to … Read more

Columbia University student released from ICE detention with help of Mamdani 

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ICE’s purchases for big detention centers are marked by secrecy, frustrating towns

SOCORRO, Texas — In a Texas town at the edge of the Rio Grande and a tall metal border wall, rumors swirled that federal immigration officials wanted to purchase three hulking warehouses to transform into a detention center. As local officials scrambled to find out what was happening, a deed was filed showing the Department … Read more