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

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

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

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

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

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

Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center to close as soon as June, sources say

Companies hired by the state of Florida to operate the Alligator Alcatraz detention center were notified Tuesday afternoon that the facility is being shut down, with the remaining 1,400 detainees expected to be removed in the coming weeks, four sources familiar with the announcement told CBS News Miami. The closure comes amid escalating operating costs for … Read more

Teen dies hours after his parents reunited with him following immigration detention

A teen battling terminal cancer has died, just one day after being reunited with his parents in Durango, Mexico following their release from U.S. immigration custody. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Kevin Gonzalez’s aunt and brother confirmed his death to NBC Chicago/Telemundo Chicago late Sunday … Read more