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Federal court grants order to pause work on proposed Maryland ICE detention facility
Adam Thompson is a digital content producer for CBS Baltimore.
A federal court granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) that immediately pauses construction or renovations to a proposed U.
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ICE picks untested firms to oversee new warehouse detention centers
For decades, two companies have been the government's go-to partners for immigrant detention: Geo Group and CoreCivic run the facilities where the majority of people detained by U.
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Immigrants in ICE Detention Struggle to Observe Lent and Ramadan
As the Trump administration has dramatically increased the number of people held in federal immigration detention facilities, detainees' access to medical care, sufficient food, basic hygiene and legal counsel have all come under scrutiny.
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Concerns grow over ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention
Department of Homeland Security plans to purchase and operate mega warehouses to use as immigration detention centers are raising concerns among lawmakers, local residents and government contractors.
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Women raise alarm inside America's largest ICE detention center
A group of women detained in a sprawling immigration detention facility in West Texas, have told Newsweek of unsanitary, overcrowded and restrictive conditions inside a tent complex with no natural light, limited medical care, and frequent confrontations with guards.
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Detainees at Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" to testify about legal access
Former detainees planned to testify Wednesday about conditions at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as "Alligator Alcatraz," as a federal judge considers during a two-day hearing whether they are getting sufficient access to the legal system.
