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Leaked video shows Texas child migrant camp, where staff allege kids are sexually abused and COVID-19 is rampant
Staff at a child migrant camp at the Fort Bliss military base in El Paso, Texas, spoke to the BBC a…
Sinéad Baker
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A leaked video exemplifies what Black migrants endure in US detention centers
Detainees and immigration lawyers say there is a disturbing and overlooked problem of anti-Black ra…
John Washington ,José Olivares
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Photos capture the conditions of an overcrowded Texas facility where 4,000 migrants are housed
Young children look out from inside a pod at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding faci…
Erin Snodgrass
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Leaked video shows guards at a private detention center dog-piling a Black migrant: 'I was struggling to breathe'
A recording of the incident in Louisiana was leaked after someone slipped security camera footage o…
Natalie Musumeci
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How Mylar blankets went from cutting-edge space technology to a polarizing symbol of the US-Mexico border crisis
Silver space blankets have been used in marathons and rescue operations. But recently, the sheets h…
Hannah Jiang,Robin Lindsay
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Inside an ICE facility in Louisiana, detainees say ICE is depriving them of masks, under-testing for COVID-19, and moving migrants around the country
About 48% of detainees tested for in ICE facilities are positive for COVID-19. Detainees told Busin…
Joe Penney
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who compared mask rules to the Holocaust, once said AOC 'should be shamed' for comparing migrant detention centers to concentration camps
"She should never, ever, make that comparison," Greene previously said of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Co…
Oma Seddiq
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A whistleblower is accusing doctors at an ICE detention center of surgically removing the wombs of some immigrant detainees
"I've had several inmates tell me ... they've had hysterectomies and they don't know why they went …
Sarah Al-Arshani
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The Biden administration is looking for contractors and guards for a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay - stirring outrage in lawmakers and advocates
"Sending Haitian migrants to Guantanamo Bay was a mistake in the 1990s and would be a mistake now,"…
Azmi Haroun
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Immigration detention facility staff fired pepper spray and chemical agents at migrants, disturbing photo shows
An image from surveillance video at the La Palma Correctional Center shows staff at the facility li…
Kelly McLaughlin
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At least 8 migrants were killed and hundreds more are injured after a massive blaze burned down a migrant detention facility in Yemen
Over 170 people are being treated for injuries sustained in the blaze, and the death toll could be …
Azmi Haroun
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An immigrant in an ICE detention center tested positive for the coronavirus. Immigrant advocates are fearing the worst.
Immigration advocates fear how the coronavirus might spread in detention facilities, where people a…
Havovi Cooper,Mark Abadi
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Hundreds of detained migrants — most of whom are likely children — have reportedly been held in hotels outside the formal US detention system before immediate expulsion
Documents reviewed by The New York Times revealed at least 860 migrants were detained by Immigratio…
Lauren Frias
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An ICE detention center in Arizona used excessive force and chemical agents against immigrants, a watchdog report alleges
The US Department of Homeland Security released a report on conditions at the immigration facility …
Kelly McLaughlin
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DOJ has agreed to temporarily halt deportations for some migrant detainees and whistleblowers who alleged medical and sexual abuse at a Georgia detention center — until at least a Biden-Harris administration
The ruling temporarily protects four women alleging medical abuse from deportation, and could pave …
Azmi Haroun
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A Fox News host compared desperately overcrowded migrant detention centers to "a big party" with too many guests
Brian Kilmeade in Tuesday morning's edition of "Fox and Friends" defended conditions in the migrant…
Tom Porter,Tom Porter
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Photo shows hybrid of toilet and drinking fountain in migrant detention centers, where women allegedly had to drink from the bowl
She said: "This was in fact the type of toilet we saw in the cell. Except there was just one, and t…
Tom Porter,Tom Porter
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Hear a detention center official in leaked audio warning migrant children not to talk to reporters
The teacher was represented by attorney Michael Avenatti, who is providing legal counsel to whistle…
Grace Panetta
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The Trump administration just opened the door to the indefinite detention of migrant children
The rule change is all but certain to encounter legal challenges. It would empower the government t…
Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Disturbing photos show 'dangerous overcrowding' at migrant detention facilities in Texas
According to the report, senior facility managers raised "security concerns" for detainees and the …