Tag: detention center

Gov. Stopped Paying Lawyers For Migrant Children

The Trump administration let the federal contract that paid lawyers for migrant children expire on July 31, leaving 22,000 kids…

Second Delaney Hall Detainee Death in 8 Months

Edwin Jeovanny Lopez Cornejo died on Saturday after he was denied medication for diabetes, high blood pressure and seizures. This…

Trump bought 2 Immigration prisons run by CoreCivic in California

The federal government paid CoreCivic $1.47 billion for two ICE detention centers — days after Trump's financial disclosure revealed he…

The Children No One is Counting: The Effects of Mass Deportation on 205,000 Kids

The government doesn't count the children of immigrant detainees. Researchers estimate 205,000 kids — most of them U.S. citizens —…

One Death Every Eight Days: The Mounting Human Toll Inside Trump’s Detention Centers

At least 51 people have died in ICE custody since Trump took office — roughly one every eight days, and…

America is Running Concentration Camps

ICE detention centers now meet scholars’ criteria for concentration camps. A look at CECOT, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the children at…

Mika gets emotional about the cruelty of ICE

Mika Brzezinski got emotional while speaking about the cruelty of ICE agents detaining people who show up for their asylum…

Worms in the food, pepper spray at the gate: dueling protests erupt at the ICE facility in Newark

As detainees inside Newark’s Delaney Hall allege expired food, medical neglect, and beatings, pro- and anti-ICE crowds faced off outside…

300 detainees on hunger strike inside Newark’s Delaney Hall as inspectors are locked out

About 300 detainees inside Newark’s Delaney Hall ICE facility are on hunger strike over maggot-ridden food, denied medical care, and…

5 Suicides, 1,000+ 911 Calls: ICE Detention is Killing People at 20-Year High

Five suicides have occurred in ICE detention so far in 2026, the highest in two decades, with over 1,000 emergency…

An 85-Year-Old Widow Describes Her Time In ICE Detention

An 85-year-old French widow of a U.S. military veteran tells the story of the 16 days she spent in a…

Scholars Studied 150 Years of Concentration Camp Systems. Conclusion: ICE Detention Now Meets Criteria

Two political scientists who built a dataset of 150 concentration camp systems since 1896 conclude that the U.S. ICE detention…