immigration detention
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The Trump administration has released a man held in immigration detention in Minnesota after a federal judge warned he would hold the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in contempt for repeatedly defying court orders. Juan Tobay Robles, an Ecuadorian national detained by federal immigration agents earlier this month, was released from…
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A former contract detention officer at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Louisiana has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a woman while she was held in federal custody, a case that adds to mounting scrutiny of conditions inside privately run immigration detention centers. David Courvelle, 56, entered a guilty plea Monday, December…
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A series of recent federal court rulings is reshaping how immigration detention is applied in the United States, with hundreds of judges rejecting the Trump administration’s policy that mandated automatic detention without bond for certain immigrants, according to immigration attorney LaToya McBean Pompy. In a public legal advisory shared on Instagram, Pompy explained that the…
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A 56-year-old Bulgarian-born business owner from Chicago has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), intensifying scrutiny of medical care, detention conditions, and due process within the U.S. immigration enforcement system. Nenko Gantchev died last week at the North Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, Michigan, a privately run prison contracted…
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House Democrats unveiled the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act on Wednesday, aiming to curb abuses in U.S. immigration detention and ensure basic civil and human rights protections for those held in custody. Sponsored by Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Adam Smith (WA-09), the legislation responds to what lawmakers and advocacy groups describe as inhumane conditions…
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The U.S. Department of Defense has granted a formal request from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to use military facilities to house immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), amid a surge in immigration arrests and strained detention capacity nationwide. According to DHS officials, the military bases approved for use are: In addition,…
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Federal Judge Blocks Re-Arrest Of Kilmar Abrego Garcia Following Wrongful Deportation To El Salvador
In a major development involving federal immigration enforcement and due process rights, a U.S. District Judge in Maryland has issued a ruling barring the federal government from re-arresting Kilmar Abrego Garcia for immigration detention upon his release from jail in Tennessee. The ruling follows what the court acknowledged was a wrongful deportation to El Salvador…
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