Florida, Alligator Alcatraz and immigration detention
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Lawyers ask judge to order ICE to free Spanish-language journalist from immigration detention
Local police in DeKalb County, just outside Atlanta, arrested Mario Guevara while he was covering a protest June 14, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement took custody of him a few days later.
Scholars discuss the evolving legal landscape surrounding immigration detention centers. The Trump Administration’s aggressive detention tactics have met significant pushback: a federal judge temporarily halted new construction of “Alligator Alcatraz,
DHS announced Aug. 19 that it will use a minimum-security prison in southwest Nebraska as an immigration detention facility.
The facility will be dubbed the "Cornhusker Clink," a play on Nebraska's nickname of the Cornhusker State and an old slang term for jail.
National Guard troops in at least seven states will begin a federally funded mission to help ICE manage its swelling population of detained migrants.
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Lincoln Bishop urges dignity, immigration reform amid plans for McCook ICE detention facility
The Catholic Diocese of Lincoln has interacted with the Work Ethic Camp for decades, providing sacramental and pastoral care on a weekly basis for those imprisoned.
This state’s version of the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” federal immigration detention center is being created in the roughly 7,500-resident city of McCook, Gov. Jim Pillen confirmed. His announcement Tuesday was part of a multi-pronged push to support the Trump administration and U.
Federal officials blocked Reps. Paul Tonko and Dan Goldman from inspecting ICE facilities despite legal provisions authorizing congressional visits, highlighting tension and concerns over facility conditions.
As the federal government seeks to expand immigrant detention capacity in Colorado, some advocates say that detainees' right to an attorney is being compromised at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Aurora.
Nebraska officials announced plans to convert a McCook work camp into an immigration detention center dubbed the “Cornhusker Clink,” part of the Trump administration’s push to expand deportation facilities nationwide.
Dubbed the "Deportation Depot," Gov. Ron DeSantis at a news conference last week called the vacant Baker prison "ready-made infrastructure." It once held 1,165 inmates. The governor's office said the site would hold 1,