Measles Reported at ICE Jail in Dilley, Texas

Two detainees at the nation’s only current immigrant family detention center, 70 miles south of San Antonio, have “active measles infections,” federal and state officials said. Federal officials halted “all movement” and quarantined some migrants, said Tricia McLaughlin, a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, in a statement. The measles cases were first confirmed Saturday…
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New Alligator Alcatraz Court Filings Allege Trump Admin Withheld Evidence

New court filings allege that federal and state officials withheld evidence of the Trump administration’s involvement in the Everglades detention facility known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” a revelation that could revive a court-ordered shutdown. The Jan. 7 filings come as the Miccosukee Tribe presses ahead with its legal challenge amid President Donald Trump’s recent veto of legislation expanding the…
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Rep. LaMonica McIver Faces 17 Years in Prison Over ICE Jail Inspection

Democracy Now! speaks with Congressmember LaMonica McIver of New Jersey, who is facing up to 17 years in prison stemming from an incident last May when she and two other Democratic congressmembers sought to inspect Delaney Hall, a private prison run by the GEO Group under contract with ICE. The federal government claims McIver assaulted an immigration officer. “I’m not going to let them bully me…
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Abducted 5-Year-Old in Texas ICE Jail Now Sick Amid “Abysmal” Conditions

Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-year-old boy abducted by immigration agents in Minneapolis last week, is now in poor health after being sent to languish in a Texas facility with “absolutely abysmal” conditions, according to his family. HuffPost reports that “Ramos and his father, Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, are being held at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas.
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Honduran Man Who Died in ICE Custody Told His Family He’d Felt Ill for Weeks

Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz began telling his family that he wasn’t feeling well a few days after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) transferred him to a California facility, his daughter recalled. Originally from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, he is one of six people who died in ICE custody in the first two weeks of 2026. Last year, 32 people died in ICE custody, the most in a single year…
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Obscure 9/11 Rule Lets ICE Keep Immigrants Detained After They’re Granted Bond

When Juan was granted bond on August 6, it looked as if he would soon be freed from a Brooklyn immigration jail to return to his 6-year-old daughter, 10-month-old son, his partner, and his job at a grocery store. Since he has no criminal record and support from his church, employer and family, the Colombian native was required to post only the minimum bond: $1,500.
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