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    How to Build a Future without Family Detention

    February 24, 2026

    This substack from Andrea Flores provides background details and suggestions for alternatives to family detention in the U.S.

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    DoJ acknowledged violating dozens of court orders in New Jersey

    February 18, 2026

    This article , by Politico, describes how the DoJ has violated dozens of federal court orders in New Jersey and throughout the country.

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    Navy contract adds 92,000 ICE beds

    February 17, 2026

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    Chicago City Property = ICE free zones

    February 17, 2026

    In October, 2025, Chicago mayor Brandon Johnson signed an Executive Order that indicates that city property is off limits to ICE and other federal law enforcement as described in this article.

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    GeoGroup and CoreCivic $2.8B in 2025

    February 17, 2026

    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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    States Required to Turn Medicaid Data over to Federal Authorities

    February 15, 2026

    This article explains that Colorado and 19 other states are required to turn some Medicaid patient data over to federal authorities. The states involved with this suit are: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.

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    The children of Dilley

    February 15, 2026

    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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    Operation Irish Goodbye

    February 12, 2026

    ICE may be at US/Mexican Ports of Entry to detain people who are self-deporting across the US/Mexican border in order to raise the number of detained individuals and to impose stronger penalties on those people. Read more here

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    48% of ICE arrests at local jails

    February 12, 2026

    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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    Flock at Schools May Aid ICE

    February 12, 2026

    The Guardian article, “Local Police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump’s immigration crack-down” shows collaboration with ICE via Flock cameras at schools.

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