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Religious leaders denied request to deliver communion to detainees at Broadview facility

Religious leaders denied request to deliver communion to detainees at Broadview facility

A delegation of Catholic priests, nuns and lay leaders were among hundreds of people from Chicago and the suburbs who marched from Maywood to Broadview on Saturday in hopes of delivering Holy Communion to detainees at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility. But after approaching Illinois State Police officers standing outside the facility, the group’s communion request was …

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Detainees shot in attack on Dallas ICE facility identified, source says

Detainees shot in attack on Dallas ICE facility identified, source says

Dallas  —  The detainees who were shot in the attack on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas this week have been identified as Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez of Mexico, Jose Andres Bordones-Molina of Venezuela and Norlan Guzman-Fuentes, according to a source familiar with the matter. The victims were shot while they were in a van at the facility’s fortified …

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Gunman kills two detainees, wounds another at Dallas ICE facility, officials say – Politico

Gunman kills two detainees, wounds another at Dallas ICE facility, officials say  Politico Live updates: Dallas ICE facility shooting leaves 1 victim dead and at least 2 more injured  CNN Who is Joshua Jahn? Dallas ICE shooting suspect identified  FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Dallas ICE shooting live updates: 2 killed at Texas facility, suspected shooter dead  NBC News Three detainees shot in attack …

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2 detainees killed and 1 critically injured in Dallas ICE shooting, officials say

2 detainees killed and 1 critically injured in Dallas ICE shooting, officials say

DALLAS (AP) — Homeland Security says that two detainees were killed and another was critically injured Wednesday morning after a shooting at a Dallas immigration facility. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. DALLAS (AP) — A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in …

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Trump offered to let S. Korean detainees stay, train U.S. workers, Seoul says – The Washington Post

Trump offered to let S. Korean detainees stay, train U.S. workers, Seoul says  The Washington Post South Korea’s president says Georgia ICE raid could have ‘considerable impact’ on direct US investment from his country  CNN Workers detained in immigration raid head home to a reeling South Korea  NBC News After ICE Raid, Trump Now Wants Korean Workers to Stay in U.S.  Time Magazine U.S. …

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South Korea expresses ire at U.S. raid at Hyundai plant, announces deal for detainees’ release

South Korea expresses ire at U.S. raid at Hyundai plant, announces deal for detainees’ release

SEOUL — South Korea says the Trump administration has agreed to release the hundreds of Koreans caught last week in the largest U.S. immigration raid. South Korean presidential chief of staff, Kang Hoon-sik, said Sunday that negotiators were finalizing talks with U.S. officials to secure the release of the workers arrested in a federal immigration crackdown at a factory that South Korean …

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Louisiana prison chosen for immigration detainees due to its notoriety, says Noem | US immigration

Louisiana prison chosen for immigration detainees due to its notoriety, says Noem | US immigration

The Trump administration purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the US illegally to self-deport, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday. A complex inside the Louisiana state penitentiary, an immense rural prison better known as Angola, will be used to detain those whom Noem described as …

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Detainees report alleged uprising at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘A lot of people have bled’ | US immigration

Detainees report alleged uprising at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘A lot of people have bled’ | US immigration

Guards at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail deployed teargas and engaged in a mass beating of detainees to quell a mini-uprising, it was reported on Friday. The allegations, made by at least three detainees in phone calls to Miami’s Spanish language news channel Noticias 23, come as authorities race to empty the camp in compliance with a judge’s order to …

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Trump admin. moving detainees out of “Alligator Alcatraz” after judge orders facility operations to wind down

Trump admin. moving detainees out of “Alligator Alcatraz” after judge orders facility operations to wind down

The Department of Homeland Security has begun moving detainees out of a controversial, state-run immigration detention center in the middle of the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” days after a federal judge ruled that parts of the facility must be dismantled. The detainees are being transferred to other immigration detention centers, DHS said in a statement Wednesday, blaming a court …

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Judge bars Florida from bringing more detainees to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ – Politico

Judge bars Florida from bringing more detainees to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’  Politico Judge Orders ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center in Florida to Shut Down for Now  The New York Times No new detainees can be brought to ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ which a federal judge is effectively shutting down  CNN Florida appeals against judge’s order to close ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration jail  The Guardian DeSantis: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ ruling won’t …

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