The conditions at DHS’ family detention center in Dilley, Texas are infamously horrific: reports of worms in the food, unsafe drinking water and unsanitary conditions. Potable food, water and other basic necessities are available at the commissary, but for wildly inflated prices. Casey Revkin, a California Mom, refused to let that be acceptable and founded the non-profit ‘Each Step Home’ to send money to families detained at Dilley so they could provide the basics for themselves and their children. Each Step Home’s work currently supports 67 families and about 80 children.
Construction is underway at the site of the Trump administration's second planned family detention center. MS NOW's Rosa Flores reports from the construction site in Alexandria, Louisiana, and details the controversy facing these kinds of facilities.
A federal appeals court refused to dismiss assault charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., ruling that physically striking ICE officers at a Newark detention facility has nothing to do with a congresswoman's legislative duties. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit handed down a 2-1 decision keeping alive two of three federal counts […] The post Federal appeals court lets DOJ assault case against Rep. LaMonica McIver move forward appeared first on American Almanac .
A federal appeals court refused to dismiss assault charges against Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., ruling that physically striking ICE officers at a Newark detention facility has nothing to do with a congresswoman's legislative duties. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit handed down a 2-1 decision keeping alive two of three federal counts against McIver, who faces charges of assaulting and impeding federal immigration officers during a chaotic May 2025 confrontation at the Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey. A third count was sent back to the lower court for further review. McIver had argued she was shielded by legislative immunity, that her actions at the facility amounted to congressional oversight. Two of…Open
As a state law preventing the police from working with federal immigration officials goes into effect, a potential plan to use a warehouse as a detention center has drawn outrage.
A Trump-appointed federal judge temporarily struck down key provisions of a Colorado law that singled out the state's only ICE detention facility for special inspections and steep fines, ruling the state likely crossed a constitutional line. Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico issued a preliminary injunction Thursday blocking the enforcement provisions of Colorado House Bill […] The post Federal judge blocks Colorado's crackdown on Aurora ICE detention center appeared first on American Almanac .
A Trump-appointed federal judge temporarily struck down key provisions of a Colorado law that singled out the state's only ICE detention facility for special inspections and steep fines, ruling the state likely crossed a constitutional line. Chief U.S. District Judge Daniel Domenico issued a preliminary injunction Thursday blocking the enforcement provisions of Colorado House Bill 26-1276, a law Democratic Governor Jared Polis signed on June 4. The measure expanded state and local oversight of immigration detention centers, but in practice it applied to just one place: the GEO Group's Aurora ICE Processing Center, Colorado's lone ICE detention facility. Fox News Digital reported that Domenico found the law discriminated against GEO based…Open
Senator Andy Kim of New Jersey spoke with detainees at the Newark detention center who said they had trouble accessing medical care. Staff members there disputed that account.
In 2013, Ana Kikabidze was selected to receive a U.S. green card. When unforeseen circumstances hit she had to move back to her home country. When she came back to the U.S. in May with her children, the family was arrested and sent to the controversial detention center in Dilley, Texas. Kikabidze and a reporter for The Marshall Project, Lauren Villagran, join Peter Alexander to share more on her story.
A Guatemalan migrant was transferred to a hospital when he experienced what appeared to be a seizure, federal officials said.
AI:A third immigrant has died following a medical emergency at the Delaney Hall detention facility in New Jersey. The deceased individual, a Guatemalan national, was transferred to a hospital after experiencing what appeared to be a seizure, according to federal officials. This death marks the latest fatality within the detention center amid ongoing scrutiny regarding the medical care and living conditions provided to detainees.Open
