Royer Perez-Jimenez is the second person to die in ICE custody this week.
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Immigration detention on track for deadliest fiscal year since 2004
Twenty-three people have died since October in ICE custody, as advocates warn about overcrowding and health care access.
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ICE tried to send one immigrant to a country he never lived in. Then he lawyered up.
Roman Surovtsev is like many others who were detained at their regularly scheduled ICE check-ins. What makes his case different is that his wife has marshalled a team of lawyers on his behalf.
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Where things stand with Trump’s National Guard deployments
The Trump administration has deployed or threatened to deploy National Guard troops in more than half a dozen American cities that it says are crime ridden.
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Shooting at ICE detention facility in Dallas kills 1 detainee, injures 2 others
Authorities are investigating a shooting Wednesday morning at an immigration detention facility in Dallas. The Department of Homeland Security says there are fatalities and a suspect has died.
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Water failure at Guantánamo Bay affects U.S. migrant operations there
Migrants sent by the U.S. to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, were moved to another part of the naval base there because of a water failure, raising doubts about housing large numbers of deportees.
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Diocese of San Bernardino issues dispensation saying Catholics who fear ICE don’t have to attend Mass
The diocese is the first in the U.S. to issue a special dispensation because of fears over immigration detentions.
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Masked immigration agents are spurring fear and confusion across the U.S.
The Department of Homeland Security says federal agents arresting immigrants are hiding their faces for their own safety. Legal advocates say the practice undermines public trust.
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Retired Marine Corps. leader concerned about military deployment in LA
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Walter Gaskin about President Trump’s activation of Marines and what comes with following orders on American streets.
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Glendale mayor has ‘mixed feelings’ as city ends contract with ICE
The city of Glendale, Calif. is ending an agreement with ICE to temporarily hold migrant detainees in the local jail. NPR’s A Martinez speaks with Mayor Ara Najarian about the decision.
