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Facebook Tweet Email Link Miami (AP) — A federal judge heard arguments Wednesday over whether to stop construction of an immigration detention center — built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” — because it didn’t follow environmental laws. Until the laws are followed, environmental groups and the Miccosukee Tribe said U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams …

Top Trump administration officials boast that a new state partnership to expand immigrant detention in Indiana will be the next so-called “ Alligator Alcatraz.” However, the agreement is already prompting backlash in the Midwest state, starting with its splashy “Speedway Slammer” moniker. Here’s a closer look at the agreement, the pushback and Indiana’s role in the Trump agenda to aggressively …

Following Alligator Alcatraz, this marks the second state partnership to expand ICE detention space  WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new partnership with the state of Indiana to expand ICE detention space by 1,000 beds. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is partnering with the Indiana Department of Corrections and these beds will be available at …

A monthslong investigation by the office of Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., compiled hundreds of alleged human rights violations at immigration detention centers, according to a new report about his probe first obtained by NBC News. The report states that Ossoff’s office has “identified 510 credible reports of human rights abuse” against people in immigration custody. Of these cases, 41 include …

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says “Alligator Alcatraz” will serve as a model for state-run migrant detention centers, and she told CBS News in an interview that she hopes to launch a handful of similar detention centers in multiple airports and jails across the country, in the coming months. Potential sites are already under consideration in Arizona, Nebraska and Louisiana.  …

A City in Kansas Is Suing Over a Planned ICE Detention Center  The New York Times Source link

House Democrats Sue ICE for Barring Them From Detention Facilities  The New York Times 12 members of Congress sue Trump administration to ensure access to ICE detention centers  AP News Democratic lawmakers sue over ICE’s new policy limiting access to detention centers  CNN Rep. Jason Crow sues Trump administration after he was barred from entering Aurora ICE facility  Denver7 A dozen Democrats sue ICE …

Three Venezuelan men told NBC News they experienced physical and psychological torture, including one man’s allegation that he was sexually assaulted, after the Trump administration sent them to a notorious prison in El Salvador. The men were held for four months in the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, a Salvadoran megaprison known for its harsh conditions and reported abuse. The …

OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) — Deportation flights from the remote Everglades immigration lockup known as “Alligator Alcatraz” began in the past few days, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday. The flights operated by the Department of Homeland Security have transferred about 100 detainees from the immigration detention center to other countries, said DeSantis, who expects that number to increase soon. “I …

Venezuelan makeup artist returns home, describes torture during El Salvador detention  Reuters American Convicted of Murder Among Those Trump Rescued From Venezuela Prison  The New York Times Attorneys for wrongly deported Venezuelan asylum seeker will seek criminal contempt proceedings after prisoner swap  CNN U.S. deportees, freed from Salvadoran prison, describe ‘horror movie’  The Washington Post U.S. took convicted murderer Dahud Hanid Ortiz as part …