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Congress members visit NJ detention center where advocates say immigrants are on a hunger strike

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NEWARK, N.J. — Democratic members of Congress visited a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey on Wednesday, where protesters have been demonstrating in recent days and asserting that detainees are on a hunger strike. U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, a Manhattan Democrat, said after touring Delaney Hall in Newark that detainees were refusing to eat … Read more

Delaney Hall ICE protests escalate after N.J. Gov. Mikie Sherrill denied access to Newark detention facility

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Protests escalated Monday outside Delaney Hall, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, after Gov. Mikie Sherrill was denied access to the complex.  ICE agents in riot gear arrived late Monday afternoon and started removing protesters who were blocking the entrance to Delaney Hall and demanding answers about how detainees are being … Read more

This congressman’s family was swept up in WWII Japanese detention. He sees a repeat in today’s raids

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WASHINGTON — The congressman returned home last Fourth of July to startling stories in Southern California as immigration patrols swept through communities and one constituent told him about starting to carry a passport as proof of the right to be in the country. Rep. Mark Takano, whose American-born parents were both incarcerated as young children … Read more

Suicides in ICE detention centers rise in past year as NBC News obtains 911 calls

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IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Now Playing Suicides in ICE detention centers rise in past year as NBC News obtains 911 calls 04:12 UP NEXT ICE may be at World Cup matches in U.S. 02:01 ‘They wanted to kill me’: Teen mistakenly detained by ICE … Read more

Suicides rise in ICE detention, 911 calls detail serious cases of self-harm

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For years, immigrant rights groups have complained about the conditions inside detention facilities, often too cold, overcrowded and sometimes unsanitary. Immigrants often don’t know when they are being released. ICE currently is holding nearly 60,000 people, up from roughly 34,000 during the Biden administration, and immigrants are staying on average 50 days, up from 36. … Read more

After a woman was released from ICE detention, her Army soldier husband speaks out

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After a woman was released from ICE detention, her Army soldier husband speaks out – CBS News Watch CBS News The wife of an active-duty U.S. Army soldier detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement was released on Thursday after a month in custody. CBS News immigration correspondent Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports. Source link

ICE releases wife of U.S. Army soldier and Afghanistan veteran, after a month-long detention

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday released the wife of an active-duty U.S. Army soldier and Afghanistan war veteran after a monthlong detention, her husband, Sgt. 1st Class Jose Serrano, told CBS News. Serrano’s wife, El Salvador native Deisy Rivera Ortega, was detained by ICE on April 14 during an immigration appointment in El Paso, … Read more

Expected closure of Everglades detention center is no accident given timing, environmentalists say

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Environmental groups say that the timing of the expected closure of an immigration detention center in the middle of the Florida Everglades, likely in the next month or two, is no accident because it will come as their lawsuit challenging its existence returns to a federal judge who had previously ordered it … Read more