Migrant detention centers
ICE Forced to Release Detained Migrants After Concerns of Overcrowding Detention Centers: Report
ICE was forced to release detained migrants and place them on monitored leave after growing concerns of overcrowding detention centers.
ICE Warns It Doesn't Have Nearly Enough Capacity To Detain Those Targeted By Laken Riley Act, Would Have To Release Many To Make Room
Immigration and Customs Enforcement estimates that implementing the act would cost $3.2 billion in additional funding for the 2025 fiscal year.
ICE Already Receiving Proposals To Expand Detention Capabilities in Six States
Private companies, including CoreCivic and GEO Group, submitted proposals that could collectively add between 6,650 and 12,000 detention beds nationwide
Lack of Resources May Be Main Challenge for ICE to Carry Out Trump's Mass Deportations, Report Finds
"The time and staffing needed to arrest a single immigrant reveals how difficult it may be to scale up to mass deportations" concluded NBC News
California Braces for New ICE Detention Center Amid Trump's Immigration Crackdown
Initially proposed under the Biden administration, a new ICE detention center near San Francisco could now serve as a key asset in advancing Trump's mass deportation plans.
Mass Deportations Could Get an Unexpected Head Start Thanks to Biden's Permissive Stance on Private Prisons
ICE is currently negotiating at least 14 contracts with private prison companies despite Biden's initial pledge to end such practices
Six in Ten Current ICE Immigrant Detainees Have no Criminal Record, Study Reveals
According to Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) many of those who have a criminal record "have only minor offenses, including traffic violations"
Trump Reportedly Plans Major Expansion of Immigrant Detention Facilities for Mass Deportations
NBC News revealed that the aim is to double the current 41,000 ICE detention beds to house detained immigrants prior to deportation
ICE Sued Over Illegally Withholding Over $300 Million in Bond Payments From Thousands of Immigrants
The lawsuit contends that ICE "regularly fails" to return funds as required, leaving thousands of people without their deposits even after cases close
Democratic Congresswoman Urges ICE to Cut Ties with Private Companies Running Detention Centers Due to Abuses
Zoe Lofgren argued in a letter that the profit-driven nature of these facilities leads to a focus on cutting costs at the expense of humane treatment
GOP Senators Introduce Bill to Deport Undocumented Immigrants Convicted of Sex Crimes
"Since Border Czar Kamala Harris won't protect this country, then I will," said Senator Joni Ernst when addressing her proposal
Amid Trump's Claims of Mass Deportation, ACLU Sues for Information on U.S. Immigration Detention Capabilities
The organization is concerned about how such policies could impact the civil rights and civil liberties of immigrants
DHS Says Data About Immigrants With Criminal History Is Being 'Misinterpreted' by Trump to Attack Harris
ICE statistics quoted by Trump actually go back 40 years and include people who are currently incarcerated by federal, state or local law enforcement partners
Report Says Migrants Held at Guantanamo Face Inhumane Conditions, DHS Denies the Claims
Most of the detainees are Haitian and Cuban migrants who use makeshift boats to try to reach the United States by sea.
Venezuelan Migrants Sue ICE After Being Confined for Almost a Year, Allege 'Psychological and Physical Harm'
The civil lawsuit comes weeks after reports of inhumane treatment at detention centers in places like Louisiana and Philadelphia
Philadelphia houses latest ICE detention center under scrutiny over abusive practices
The report by Temple University documents testimonies describing "inhumane, punitive and dangerous conditions" at Moshannon Valley Processing Center
New report uncovers widespread inhumane treatment of immigrants at Louisiana ICE centers
The report states that the abuses described by detainees "meet the definitions of torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment"
Migrants held in ICE detention centers continue to denounce abuse by officials
During Trump's presidential term, ICE expanded its detention centers by 50% by agreeing to opening more than 40 new facilities across the country