41 h. ago ‘Petri dish for disease’: attorney raises alarm of possible Covid outbreak at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

A respiratory disease is running rampant through Florida immigration jail, according to attorney of a detained personAn outbreak of a respiratory disease, possibly Covid-19, is running rampant through the remote Florida immigration jail known as “Alligator Alcatraz”, according to the attorney of an infected detainee removed from the camp last week.Eric Lee said he was told by his client Luis Manuel Rivas Velasquez that conditions at the facility had deteriorated significantly since Thursday as more migrants held there by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency experienced symptoms. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Florida updated agreement on handling detainees at 'Alligator Alcatraz,' but a month after it opened

Florida's corrections agency and ICE updated an agreement on handling federal immigration detainees, but they did it more than a month after ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ opened

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5 d. ago Kristi Noem is offering teenagers student loan forgiveness if they sign up to be an ICE agent

Homeland Security secretary removes age restrictions as she seeks to bolster ranks of controversial law enforcement agency and ramp up mass roundup of illegal immigrants

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7 d. ago Former Superman actor Dean Cain reveals he’s becoming an Ice agent to support Trump’s mass deportation agenda

The actor will be sworn in ‘ASAP’ amids the federal agency’s recruitment drive and unprecedented immigration raids that have sparked protest across the USFormer Superman actor Dean Cain has announced he has signed up to join Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), in order to support US president Donald Trump’s anti-immigration agenda.The federal law enforcement agency has aggressively ramped up immigration raids since Trump’s return to the White House and was recently awarded $75bn in extra funding as part of his “big beautiful bill”, which includes billions for hiring an additional 10,000 Ice agents by 2029. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Homeland Security removes age limits for ICE recruits to boost hiring for Trump deportations

The Department of Homeland Security has removed age limits for new hires at the agency responsible for immigration enforcement

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1 week ago Plans for new offence to crack down on promoting Channel crossings online

Anyone advertising crossings or illegal working could face up to five years in prison and a large fine.

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3 w. ago Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges

Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in FloridaMigrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs”, according to a report published on Monday into conditions at three overcrowded south Florida facilities.The incident at the downtown federal detention center is one of a succession of alleged abuses at Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (Ice) operated jails in the state since January, chronicled by advocacy groups Human Rights Watch, Americans for Immigrant Justice, and Sanctuary of the South from interviews with detainees. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Border Patrol hiring spree offers lessons as another immigration agency embarks on massive growth

Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to hire 10,000 employees over five years, echoing a Border Patrol expansion in the 2000s

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4 w. ago Immigration agency flexes authority to sharply expand detention without bond hearing

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to detain far more people than before, tapping a legal authority to jail anyone who entered the country illegally

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