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ICE Begins Buying 'Mega' Warehouse Detention Centres Across US
Despite protests in small towns and cities across the US, the Trump administration is pushing ahead with the purchase of warehouses it plans to convert into immigration jails in what could be the largest expansion of such detention capacity in US.
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US Officials Threaten Jail, Family Separation To Force Migrants To Deport
The email from a US immigration officer presented Kelly and Yerson Vargas with a stark choice: accept deportation to their native Colombia or risk being charged with a crime and separated from their 6-year-old daughter, Maria Paola.
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2 Afghan Teens Jailed For Raping 15-Year-Old Girl In England
Two teenage Afghan asylum seekers, who had both arrived in Britain alone in the last year, were given long detention sentences on Monday for raping a 15-year-old girl in central England.
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UK Care Home Agency Owner Jailed For Illegally Hiring Indians
A director of a care home agency based in south-east England has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after being found guilty of repeatedly employing immigrants from India with no right to work in the UK.
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Deportation Of Indian-Origin Man, Wrongfully Jailed For 43 Years, Halted By US Courts
Two US courts have ordered immigration officials not to deport Subramanyam Vedam, the 64-year-old Indian-origin man who spent four decades in prison before his murder conviction was overturned earlier this year.
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New York Democratic Politicians Arrested During Protest At Immigration Jail
About a dozen New York state and local elected officials were arrested on Thursday during protests at a Manhattan building where US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents operate holding cells cited by a federal judge for inhumane conditions.
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Trump's Immigration Raids Unfold In Boston As Trump Signals Chicago Is Next
Federal immigration agents conducted raids across Boston and nearby communities over the weekend, arresting dozens of people, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security.
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How Irish Man Was Jailed In US For Months After Overstaying Visa By 3 Days
A 35-year-old Irish tech worker and father of three was detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement for overstaying in the United States for 3 days.
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Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Files $20 Million Claim Against Trump Administration
On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child's birth in New York.
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"Handcuffed For 16 Hours, Treated Like Cattle": Newlywed Bride Recounts US Detention Horror
She had been held in ICE custody for 140 days after returning from her honeymoon.
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ICE Begins Buying 'Mega' Warehouse Detention Centres Across US
Despite protests in small towns and cities across the US, the Trump administration is pushing ahead with the purchase of warehouses it plans to convert into immigration jails in what could be the largest expansion of such detention capacity in US.
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US Officials Threaten Jail, Family Separation To Force Migrants To Deport
The email from a US immigration officer presented Kelly and Yerson Vargas with a stark choice: accept deportation to their native Colombia or risk being charged with a crime and separated from their 6-year-old daughter, Maria Paola.
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2 Afghan Teens Jailed For Raping 15-Year-Old Girl In England
Two teenage Afghan asylum seekers, who had both arrived in Britain alone in the last year, were given long detention sentences on Monday for raping a 15-year-old girl in central England.
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UK Care Home Agency Owner Jailed For Illegally Hiring Indians
A director of a care home agency based in south-east England has been jailed for two-and-a-half years after being found guilty of repeatedly employing immigrants from India with no right to work in the UK.
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Deportation Of Indian-Origin Man, Wrongfully Jailed For 43 Years, Halted By US Courts
Two US courts have ordered immigration officials not to deport Subramanyam Vedam, the 64-year-old Indian-origin man who spent four decades in prison before his murder conviction was overturned earlier this year.
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New York Democratic Politicians Arrested During Protest At Immigration Jail
About a dozen New York state and local elected officials were arrested on Thursday during protests at a Manhattan building where US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents operate holding cells cited by a federal judge for inhumane conditions.
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Trump's Immigration Raids Unfold In Boston As Trump Signals Chicago Is Next
Federal immigration agents conducted raids across Boston and nearby communities over the weekend, arresting dozens of people, according to a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security.
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How Irish Man Was Jailed In US For Months After Overstaying Visa By 3 Days
A 35-year-old Irish tech worker and father of three was detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement for overstaying in the United States for 3 days.
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Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Files $20 Million Claim Against Trump Administration
On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child's birth in New York.
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"Handcuffed For 16 Hours, Treated Like Cattle": Newlywed Bride Recounts US Detention Horror
She had been held in ICE custody for 140 days after returning from her honeymoon.
