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Immigrant Detention by the Numbers: A Baseline for Evaluating ICE's Ramped-Up Enforcement Efforts
ICE latest detention data is the last look at numbers from the Biden administration and a baseline for the Trump administration. Plus: listen to my…
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Behind the Lens: A Conversation with Greg Constantine
Listen now | Photographer Greg Constantine joined me to discuss what it means to make immigrant detention visible while preserving the humanity of those…
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Immigrant Detention in Focus: The Unconventional Photography of Greg Constantine
Greg Constantine's "Seven Doors" project captures the lives and stories behind immigrant detention in the United States and around the world through…
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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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