Migrant detention centers

A new report has found that, despite having a national detention capacity far exceeding its current detainee population, ICE has continuously transferred individuals far from their initial booking locations

Immigrants held in ICE holding rooms at 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan are reporting overcrowded conditions, limited access to food and hygiene, and prolonged detentions in cells not intended for overnight stays

New reports from detainees and their families at Florida's newly opened migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," describe troubling conditions inside the facility

A TikToker created a website touting fake tours of the Trump administration's new "Alligator Alcatraz," which redirects visitors to resources for migrant aid.

Former prison officials and attorneys questioned and even condemned the Trump administration's new immigrant detention facility in the Florida Everglades.

According to The New York Times, some detainees have gone days without showers, sleep on bare floors in overcrowded rooms, and lack consistent access to medications for chronic illnesses

President Donald Trump is being ridiculed by social media users after mishearing a question from a reporter, stating that he planned on spending a lot of time in Florida after being asked how long migrants would be detained at Alligator Alcatraz.

When CoreCivic applied earlier this year for a permit in Leavenworth, Kansas to reopen a migrant detention facility, city officials balked and the community protested

While touring the new "Alligator Alcatraz" migrant detention center in Florida, President Donald Trump joked that President Biden wanted him incarcerated in the facility, spurring a barrage of mockery from social media users.

A new House resolution led by Rep. Frederica Wilson calls on Members of Congress to regularly visit ICE detention facilities

The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, a federal facility with a history of violence and chronic understaffing, has been added to the network of institutions authorized to detain immigrants

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has proposed a new immigrant detention facility nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz," located at a remote airport site surrounded by Everglades wildlife

A group of Cuban detainees staged a protest in Krome Detention Center's recreational yard to oppose deportation to third countries

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving private prison operator GEO Group, which seeks to appeal a lower court's decision denying it governmental immunity in a class action lawsuit alleging forced labor at an immigration detention center in Colorado

The first New York City public school student seeking asylum from Venezuela was detained by ICE last week after attending an immigration court hearing.

"This news raises even more questions, and the corruption concerns are too large to ignore," said Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the Senate Judiciary Committee's top Democrat

Two immigrant rights organizations have filed a lawsuit accusing ICE of subjecting two women detained in Baltimore to conditions that violate both constitutional protections and the agency's own detention policies.

Cliona Ward, a 54-year-old Irish-born woman and longtime U.S. resident, has been released from U.S. immigration detention after being held for 17 days

Authorities have identified over two dozen safety issues involving plumbing, fire code compliance, and electrical systems

A ProPublica investigation reveals how a former festival logistics company used insider connections to secure billions in government contracts — and is now set to benefit even more from Trump's mass deportation agenda.

Private prison companies stand to benefit significantly from a sweeping new plan proposed by the Trump administration to overhaul the U.S. immigrant detention system.

One woman who spoke to USA TODAY recounted being chained to other detainees and transported for hours without food or water

Reports suggest that President Trump is preparing to invoke the 1798 Alien Enemies Act as soon as Friday

The Trump administration has flown all remaining migrants held at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station back to the United States, a Defense Department official confirmed

Military flights to Guantanamo cost up to $27,000 per detainee, while ICE charter flights are cheaper, but still entail financial burdens, including security personnel and medical staff

Twelve migrants have been charged with assaulting two federal correctional officers in a detention facility near the South Texas border.

The Biden administration ended the practice of detaining families at the site, converting some family detention centers into processing facilities aimed at releasing migrants within 72 hours

Civil rights attorneys have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration to prevent the transfer of undocumented immigrants from the United States to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba

One civil rights complaint alleged that staff in a Buffalo facility retaliated against hunger-striking detainees through physical force and solitary confinement

"It will now be up to the courts to ensure that immigrants cannot be warehoused on offshore islands," said a representative of the ACLU through a statement