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fromTruthout
14 hours ago

Meet the Billionaire Oligarchs Enabling Trump's Deportation Machine

Massive ICE funding increases enable corporations and billionaires to profit from deportation operations through contracts for detention, surveillance, transport, cloud services, and financing.
fromTruthout
1 day ago

Trump-Appointed Judges Block Order to Shut Down "Alligator Alcatraz"

Two judges appointed to the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit by President Donald Trump issued a Thursday decision that allows a newly established but already notorious immigrant detention center in Florida, dubbed Alligator Alcatraz, to stay open. Friends of the Everglades, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida sought "to halt the unlawful construction" of the site. Last month, Judge Kathleen Williams - appointed by former President Barack Obama to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida - ordered the closure of the facility within 60 days. However, on Thursday, Circuit Judges Elizabeth Branch and Barbara Lagoa blocked Williams' decision, concluding that "the balance of the harms and our consideration of the public interest favor a stay of the preliminary injunction."
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

'It's happening everywhere': 1 in 3 ICE detainees held in overcrowded facilities, data show

Mattresses on the floor, next to bunk beds, in meeting rooms and gymnasiums. No access to a bathroom or drinking water. Hourlong lines to buy food at the commissary or to make a phone call. These are some of the conditions described by lawyers and the people held at immigrant detention facilities around the country over the last few months. The number of detained immigrants surpassed a record 60,000 this month.
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US politics
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Feds briefly trap NYC Congress members within gates of Brooklyn detention center during visit to check on immigrant detainees | amNewYork

Three New York Members of Congress were denied access to the Metropolitan Detention Center, raising issues of oversight and federal transparency.
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Report Says Florida Immigration Prisons Are Violating Human Rights Standards

The report documents conditions for detained immigrants at Florida's Krome North Service Processing Center, Broward Transitional Center, and Federal Detention Center, alleging flagrant violations of international human rights.
Social justice
Miami food
fromMiami Herald
2 months ago

What if a hurricane hits 'Alligator Alcatraz'? Florida drawing up evacuation plan

Florida plans to open an immigrant detention center in the Everglades amid hurricane season, raising safety concerns for detainees.
Canada news
fromwww.nytimes.com
4 months ago

Opinion | Immigrants From Around the Country Keep Getting Detained in Louisiana

Louisiana serves as a focal point for immigrant detention, impacting rights and legal representation for detainees.
Left-wing politics
fromTruthout
4 months ago

Mahmoud Khalil Writes From Prison: "Democracy for Some Is No Democracy at All"

Pro-Palestinian activist urges action against erosion of civil liberties following his detention and potential deportation for protesting.
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