Here, Pitzer frames the migrant-detention centers as a borderline case, their status as concentration camps hinging on the White House’s focus and on the sum total of recent developments.

Four Stewart detainees who contracted coronavirus have died since the pandemic began – the largest Covid-19 death toll tied to any one immigrant detention facility in the country.

On Tuesday morning, space inside ICE detention facilities was at 109% capacity, with the agency holding close to 42,000 ...

The Southern Poverty Law Center conducted a seven-month investigation of six immigrant detention facilities in the South. The group analyzed three private facilities and three run by county sheriffs.

Migrants are kept in several transitory detention centers before they are moved to one in the United States, typically either in Florida or Texas, lawyers and experts said.

Last year, immigrant advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit seeking the immediate release of families in detention, citing the coronavirus pandemic. The case is ongoing.

Opponents to detention for profit believe migrants who have committed no crime and who came to the U.S. seeking asylum should not be incarcerated while their cases are pending.

A new migrant detention facility officials are calling "Alligator Alcatraz" is slated to open in Florida's Everglades next month, according to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. The federal ...

ROME — Pressure is building on authorities in Italy to close a notorious Rome migrant detention center where a 19-year-old Guinean allegedly hanged himself last month. Visiting opposition ...

Immigrant detention facilities overseen by ICE have struggled broadly to comply with some federal standards for care, hindering safety for staff and detainees, a Homeland Security Department ...

ICE will now target illegal migrant families for deportation — and is reopening 2 detention centers to hold them By Jennie Taer Published March 6, 2025, 5:20 p.m. ET ...

Alex Padilla, D-Calif., said that federal authorities would now be forced to prioritize detention of migrants arrested for low-level crimes like shoplifting, rather than those who commit violent ...