ICE detention centers would be banned under new proposal
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Demonstrations were part of the “Communities Not Cages” national day of action, organized by the Detention Watch Network and partner groups.
DHS has faced opposition from cities and states where the federal government plans to open mass detention facilities.
DHS has given a contract for the nation's largest immigration detention camp to Amentum Services, whose various companies have racked up 112 federal regulatory violations.
The El Gamal family has been held in ICE detention for more than 320 days. They are not alone: the number of immigrants who've been in ICE detention for over a year has skyrocketed.
Hayam El Gamal and her family have been held in immigration detention in Dilley, Texas, longer than any other family.
The El Gamal family remained in detention for 10 months before a judge ordered their release on Thursday.
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Death rate in immigration detention has reached a 22-year-high, raising physicians' concerns
A report in the medical journal JAMA said the most recent spike in deaths took place in a system with “longstanding failures” compounded by Trump administration policies.