A Texas judge ordered Hayam El Gamal and her five children released Thursday. Two days later, their lawyers say, ICE re-arrested and tried to deport them.
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DHS shutdown hurts families’ access to detention facilities, Democrat says
The difficulties for families adds to the patchwork of complaints about immigration oversight and other issues while the department remains without government funding for five weeks.
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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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This refugee’s family faced persecution in Bhutan. Now, he could be deported there
Mohan Karki’s family and others with Nepali ancestry were persecuted and driven out of Bhutan in the 1990s. Karki himself was born in a refugee camp in nearby Nepal. Yet, the U.S. government claims he is a Bhutanese citizen and seeks to deport him there.
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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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Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations
After layoffs, it’s unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.
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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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If Abrego Garcia is deported to Uganda, here’s how it might happen
Experts say sending a migrant to a third-party country that they have no connection to is a costly, complex and legally questionable move.
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Florida must stop expanding ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration center, judge says
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday halting further expansion and ordering the winding down of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades.
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Trump tours ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ a day before its first arrivals are expected
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that the facility should be “ready for business” by the time Trump visits on Tuesday — despite the protests of pro-immigration, Indigenous and environmental groups.
