Category: Detention
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The NPR series, “If you can Keep It” explores companies that are profiting off of ICE expansion and activities. Here is the podcast and article.
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This substack from Andrea Flores provides background details and suggestions for alternatives to family detention in the U.S.
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Record earnings from the two major for-profit immigrant detention facilities (which also provide ICE check-ins and ankle monitors for DHS) are described in this article.
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ProPublica wrote this article “The Children of Dilley” about the children being held at the Dilley Detention Center near San Antonio, Texas. Austin Kocher gives more details about Dilley Family Detention Center here which, as of late January 2026, holds over 1300 people (of all ages).
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This article, “The 48% of ICE arrests people never hear about” from The 50501 Movement, explains that many ICE arrests come from hand-offs from local jails.
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This OpEd by Congressperson Mike Lawler (R-NY) explains changes to US immigration for which he advocates.
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This article describes pushback about detention expansion in warehouses around the country in early 2026.
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This article explains why Senator Roger Wicker, R- Mississippi, has opposed the use of a warehouse for an ICE detention center – comparing the economics of two options.
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“So far this year, 3,800 children have been detained by U.S. Immigration and Enforcement officers, said Krystal Gomez, managing attorney with the nonprofit Texas Immigration Law Council.” This from an article in Border Report on Jan 21, 2026. Assume this means since the beginning of the government’s fiscal year, October 1, 2025, through some time in…
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