by Renée Feltz | Apr 15, 2026 | ACLU, Alligator Alcatraz, Constitutional rights, Dick Durbin, ICE, immigration, immigration jails, Jon Ossoff, medical neglect, News, Solitary Confinement
On April 2, guards at the remote Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jail known as “Alligator Alcatraz” allegedly brutally beat several detained men who demanded access to phones. It took nearly a week for word to get out. Six days after the reported attack, Raiko Lopez Morffi’s right eye was still swollen and black during a video call with his lawyer Katie Blankenship…
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by Jessica Corbett | Oct 31, 2025 | Afrikaners, Alex Padilla, Dick Durbin, Jamie Raskin, News, Pramila Jayapal, refugee cap, South Africa, Trump Administration
After months of reporting, President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday officially announced that it is restricting the number of refugees for this fiscal year to 7,500, with most spots going to white South Africans — a policy swiftly denounced by human rights advocates and Democrats in Congress. “This decision doesn’t just lower the refugee admissions ceiling. It lowers our moral…
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