Category: Dept of Homeland Security
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Trump Administration Orders Massive Expansion of GPS Ankle Monitors for Immigrants by Austin Kocher Ankle monitors could double taxpayer costs to $500,000 per day despite nearly 100% compliance for people in ICE’s alternatives to detention program. Read on Substack https://substack.com/embedjs/embed.js
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Based on a law that was passed by Congress in 2005 and revised procedurally in 2020, the federal government (CBP and ICE) is now collecting DNA samples from non-citizen and, as of April 2025, over 2.6 million samples have been collected. From each sample, the FBI creates a profile and enters it into CODIS – a…
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The federal government is raising immigration-related fees over the course of the next few months. These new fees are summarized in this National Immigrant Justice Center explainer and include fees for changes of status applications, work permit applications, court fees, annual fees. There is a handy chart at the bottom of the explainer which summarizes…
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Farmville Herald June 10, 2025 The Farmville Detention Center has new ownership. That filing came Tuesday night, announcing that CoreCivic, based out of Brentwood, Tennessee, had acquired the Farmville facility for a total price of $67 million. The deal is expected to close as of July 1, with 100% of the membership interest transferring to…
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Richmond.com Riverside Regional Jail is now a contractor for federal immigration enforcement, which is paying the facility to provide detention services, according to a contract between the two obtained by The Times-Dispatch. The facility signed off on the agreement on May 8. The document itself is heavily redacted. “The purpose of this task order is…
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Link | Revealed: Guardian analysis provides a detailed picture of surging arrests and a detention system that’s stretched beyond capacity
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This article reports that Fort Bliss (outside of El Paso, Texas) will be expanded to hold 5000 detainees.
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by Andrea Castillo Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he wants to hire 10,000 new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and 3,000 new Border Patrol agents, but experts and the history of law enforcement hiring sprees suggest the process could be challenging, lengthy and possibly result in problematic hires. The massive…
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link to article By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune July 17, 2025 “Texas judge dismisses case against migrant deported to El Salvador for being an alleged gang member” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and…
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