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ICE Breaks Grim Record Pace As 18th Detainee Dies In Custody This Year

The Cuban man was found unresponsive in his cell at the Stewart Detention Center on April 28 at about 10:25 p.m. According to an ICE statement, emergency personnel immediately began treatment and administered CPR, but González was pronounced dead at 11:11 p.m.
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Green Cards for Cubans Plunge 99.8% as ICE Arrests From the Island Surge, Libertarian Cato Group Finds

Green card approvals for Cubans have nearly stopped under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, while ICE arrests of people from the island have surged, according to a new Cato Institute analysis.
North Lake Processing Center

Lawmakers and Activists Demand Answers After ICE Detainees Launch Hunger Strike at Michigan Facility

Lawmakers and civil rights groups in Michigan are demanding an independent investigation of the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, Michigan. The initiative came after immigrants under custody in the privately operated ICE facility launched a hunger and labor strike to protest what advocates described as medical neglect, inadequate food, and prolonged detention.
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Immigration Appeals Court Makes Easier to Deport DACA Beneficiaries

According to a letter sent to senators earlier this year by then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, between January and November 2025 a total of 261 recipients were arrested and 86 were deported.
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Deported Latino Migrants in Congo Say They Are Not Free to Leave, 'We Want to Go but They Won't Let Us'

According to Telemundo, the 15 deportees are staying at a property under a program run by the International Organization for Migration, a U.N.-affiliated agency. The organization declined to provide further details on the process or how long the migrants may remain in the country
'ICE Is Teaching Cadets to Violate the Constitution,' Whistleblower Says During Congressional Hearing

ICE Arrests 86-Year-Old French Woman Who Traveled to Alabama to Marry Her First Love

An 86-year-old French woman who moved to Alabama to marry the American man she first loved in the 1950s is now being held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Louisiana, a case that has drawn outrage in France and renewed scrutiny of the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement.
U.S. Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar

GOP Rep. Salazar Says Immigration Crisis 'Has Already Reached Our Churches', Claims 1 in 12 Christians Face Deportation

She also stated that "immigration is a matter of conscience" and invoked scripture to argue that "if one part suffers, every part suffers with it"
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Only 2 Percent Of Migrants Facing Deportation In February Had Criminal Records: Report

Despite the Trump administration's assertions that it is targeting the "worst of the worse" in its immigration enforcement efforts, the vast majority of those detained and deported in February did not criminal records
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Dilley Immigration Center Under Fire as 215K Sign Petition Backed by Jessica Alba and Jodie Foster

Pressure is mounting on one of the country's most controversial immigration detention sites after more than 215,000 people signed an open letter calling for the closure of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in South Texas, a CoreCivic-run family detention facility that holds migrant parents and children.
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Male Immigrants, Including Undocumented Teens, Could Face Up to 5 Years in Prison for Failing to Register for U.S. Selective Service at 18

A little-known U.S. law is putting new attention on a high-stakes requirement for immigrant families: most male immigrants living in the United States, including undocumented teens, are required to register with Selective Service after turning 18, and failure to do so can carry a penalty of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
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ICE Reportedly Taps Alligator Alcatraz Contractor for $313M Warehouse Detention Site in Arizona

The move comes amid mixed signals from DHS as senior officials recently said the department has paused additional warehouse purchases launched under former Secretary Noem
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Federal Government Appeals Judge's Order, Seeks to Send 5-Year-Old Liam Conejo and His Father Back to Detention

According to the filing, obtained by CBS News, the federal government is appealing a ruling by U.S. District Judge Fred Biery, who ordered both father and son released after finding their constitutional rights had been violated.
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Human Smuggling Attempts By Sea Are Still Happening Almost Every Weekend, Mexican Consul Says

Human smuggling attempts by the sea continue taking place at the western end of the southern border, according to Mexico's consul general in San Diego.
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What Really Happens Inside ICE Detention? Former Detainee's Five-Month Ordeal Exposes The Harsh Reality Of America's Immigration Lock-Ups

Explore the harsh realities of ICE detention facilities, where civil custody often mirrors punitive incarceration, and basic human needs are unmet.
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Only 14 Percent of Immigrants Targeted By Trump's Deportation Efforts Are Accused of Violent Crimes: Report

Most of the nearly 400,000 people detained in Trump's immigration crackdown are not related to violent crimes
Remittances

U.S.-Sent Remittances to Mexico Fall to Lowest Level in Over a Decade, Analysts Point to Fewer New Migrants

Additional pressure on remittances emerged at the start of 2026, when the Trump administration implemented a 1% tax on remittances sent in cash, money orders, or cashier's checks
U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX)

Texas National Guard 'Camouflaged as Civilians' at Immigration Detention Sites, Rep. Joaquin Castro Says

Rep. Joaquin Castro said the deployments began sometime last year and involve "hundreds" of Guard members statewide
Javier Milei

Argentine President Rejects Report Claiming The Country Will Receive U.S. Deportees From Third Countries

Argentine President Javier Milei, a staunch Trump ally, rejected a report claiming that the country was negotiating an agreement with Washington to receive deportees from third countries.
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Autopsy Supports Claim That Migrant Who Died In Detention Camp Was Choked

The autopsy found that Lunas Campos died from asphyxia caused by neck and torso compression, and his manner of death was ruled a homicide. He died Jan. 3 after what ICE initially described as a "medical distress" while in custody.
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Pope Leo XIV's First Christmas Message Takes Aim at Trump's Immigration Crackdown With Call for Humanity

Pope Leo XIV used his debut Christmas address to call for humanity towards migrants as Donald Trump continues his immigration crackdown across the United States.
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Tens Of Cubans, Some Considered 'High-Threat,' Become First Migrants Sent To Guantanamo Bay In Months

The Trump administration has sent over 20 Cubans to Guantanamo Bay, marking the first time in months migrants are sent to the enclave.