Liam Ramos’ parents say he seems to be a different boy after ICE detention

Liam Ramos’ parents say he seems to be a different boy after ICE detention – CBS News Watch CBS News Five-year-old Liam Ramos’ detention in January drew widespread outrage over ICE’s tactics. Liam and his family spoke exclusively to CBS News correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez about what their life has been like since then. Source link

Release from ICE detention brings relief and lingering trauma for wife of Army reservist

After four months and several court hearings, the wife of a U.S. Army Reserve Black Hawk pilot was released earlier this week from an ICE detention facility in Houston. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Stephanie Kenny-Velasquez, who is from Venezuela, was detained in December just … Read more

Dozens of violations of detention standards found at major immigration camp in Texas

A recent inspection at the nation’s largest immigration detention facility found dozens of violations of national standards that potentially exposed detainees to excessive force, disease, and other unsafe conditions. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Office of Detention Oversight performed a congressionally mandated inspection over three days in February at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, … Read more

DHS pauses plans to buy warehouses for immigrant detention

Under Noem, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement bought up mega warehouses around the country that could house up to 8,000 immigrants per facility. But local leaders and members of Congress in some of the districts where the detention centers were planned pushed back. Maryland sued successfully to stop ICE from developing a warehouse near Hagerstown. … Read more

9-year-old who pleaded to go to spelling bee released from ICE detention

A 9-year-old boy who begged to be released from an immigration detention center so he could attend his state spelling bee has been freed with his family, their lawyer said Wednesday. Deiver Henao Jimenez made the plea during a video call this month with children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel, whose real name is Rachel Accurso. “I … Read more

Trump scores ‘massive court victory’ with appellate ruling on ICE detention

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Illegal immigrants nabbed by ICE do not have to face bond hearings, a step that has become a potential legal impediment to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda, a second federal court found Tuesday. The case involved Mexican national Joaquin Herrera Avila, who was captured in Minneapolis … Read more

Nonverbal 5-year-old who met Ms. Rachel over Zoom is released from ICE detention

A 5-year-old nonverbal boy whose plight in a South Texas immigration detention center drew national attention after a video call with children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel has been released with his family, their attorney said Tuesday. Gael, who has significant developmental delays and other medical challenges, had been held for three weeks at the Dilley Immigration … Read more

Children’s entertainer Ms. Rachel has a new cause: Freeing kids from ICE detention

The boy in the grainy video feed sounded desperate. “I don’t want to be here anymore,” he said. “Nothing is good here.” Since early March, 9-year-old Deiver Henao Jimenez had been held with his parents at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas, where children have complained of limited education, lights that never turn … Read more

Spanish-language reporter in Tennessee is released from immigration detention on bond

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A reporter for a Spanish-language news outlet in Tennessee who contends she was wrongly held in detention for more than two weeks was released Thursday after paying a bond recently allowed by a judge, her attorneys said. Estefany Rodríguez Flórez, a reporter for Nashville Noticias who has done stories critical of U.S. … Read more

Last protester in immigration detention after Trump’s campus crackdown has been released

ALVARADO, Texas — A Palestinian woman who was the last person still in immigration detention after the Trump administration’s 2025 crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses was freed Monday after a year in custody. Leqaa Kordia, a 33-year-old from the West Bank who has lived in New Jersey since 2016, had been held in … Read more