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Detention Centers
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Canadian Lawyer Mag
Detainees victorious against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in suit over facility conditions
A New York judge ordered the US president’s administration to reduce capacity at an NYC facility
ImmigrationProf Blog
News from Florida: “Florida announces ‘Deportation Depot’ detention center”
Official State of Florida PhotoAlligator Alcatraz. Speedway Slammer. Now Deportation Depot! I think the first two names are catchier. What about Deportation Home Depot, given all the enforcement operations at…
ImmigrationProf Blog
TX’s Fort Bliss–Latest Detention Center
Fox News reports that Fort Bliss, an army base near El Paso, Texas, will be home to country's latest immigration detention center. The base already has the capacity to detain…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Members of Congress Sue ICE to Access Detention Facilities
Dan Goldman and Adriano Espaillat join 10 other members of Congress in suing the Trump administration after being barred from inspecting ICE detention facilities. —THE CITY via Documented "A dozen…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Florida to receive federal funds to build immigration detention sites, including “Alligator Alcatraz”
Official Department of Homeland Security PhotoCBS News reports that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has announced that the U.S. government will fund construction of immigration detention centers in Florida, including "a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Reports of protests, overcrowding, and lack of food at ICE detention facilities
NPR reports that migrant detainees staged a protest at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement-run facility in Miami yesterday. Local news helicopters showed demonstrators lined up in the courtyard of the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Mayor of Newark Arrested in Immigration Protest
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested yesterday after joining members of Congress and community leaders in protesting the opening of Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center in New Jersey operated by…
ImmigrationProf Blog
ICE Took His Son From Their Bronx Apartment. Now His Son Is In Bukele’s Mega-prison In El Salvador
A familiar story from Documented:"On March 15, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained [a Venezuelan father's] 19-year-old son, Merwil Gutiérrez, and another 237 Venezuelans. He had no criminal record,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Latino USA: 15 Days in Guantánamo
Hear the story of Juan, a 30 year old construction worker, "who has no criminal record in the United States other than unauthorized entry." Based on a photo with friends…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Italy May Repurpose Detention Facilities in Albania as “Return Hubs”
Alessia Peretti of EURACTIV.it reports that Italy may repurpose currently empty detention facilities in Albania as "Centers for Permanent Repatriation (CPR)."Currently the facilities are empty as litigation regarding their use…