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ICE Consistently Detains About 40,000 Immigrants in Civil Detention
TRAC released the latest ICE data on immigrant detention yesterday, which showed that detention numbers continue to hover between 35,000 and 40,000.
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ICE Fails to Post Detention Data in Over a Month—Again
ICE detention numbers are growing rapidly. So why won't the agency release detention data to the public as required by law?
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ICE Detained Population Highest Since Start of COVID-19 Pandemic
After three and a half years, immigrant detention numbers have reached their pre-pandemic levels of just over 35,000 in September. ICE published this…
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Did ICE Forget Something? Agency Fails to Publish Detention Data in a Month
Keep reading to learn more about ICE's missing detention data followed by a discussion of Biden's "record high" immigrant detention numbers.
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ICE's "Non-Punitive" Immigrant Detention Centers Inflict Plenty of Punishment
New documents reveal unprecedented look at what goes wrong at ICE detention centers across the country, from medical negligence, to verbal abuse even…
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Immigrant Detention Update: New Lawsuit Challenges ICE Detention, Latest Numbers on Detained Migrants, Malaysia Criticized for Detaining…
Immigrant detention numbers in the United States have crept upward in recent weeks, but the real story is what detention means and how detention is used…
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The Detention Center Prosperity Gospel Fails to Work Miracles in Rural Communities
Stewart Detention Center is located in one of the poorest counties in the country. Today we look at Stewart through the lens of a new report on rural…
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Four New Reports Examine Key Parts of US Immigration System
Four new reports look at rural immigrant detention centers, systemic dysfunctions of immigration courts, consequences of Biden's new asylum policies…
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Private Prisons Are Bad Investments, but Biden's Detention Policies Could Boost the Industry
If the Biden administration restarts family detention, private immigrant detention contractors could get a financial bump they need after years of stock…
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Fire at Migrant Detention Facility in Juarez, Mexico, Takes the Lives of 39 People
Mexican government announces investigation and criminal charges, but are the US' and Mexico's immigration policies the real culprit?
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ICE Now Holds 25,000 People in Detention, Monitors 266,000 People Using Electronic Monitoring Technology
Based on the latest data released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and available on TRAC’s website, the number of immigrants in detention…
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What You Need to Know about Biden's Immigrant Detention Numbers: A Closer Look at New Trends
Immigrant detention has been controversial from the days of Ellis and Angel Islands in the late 1800s through the emergence of a for-profit detention…
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