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ICE’s Detention Expansion Meets Resistance
With its civil war memorials, rolling hills and quaint houses, Williamsport, Md. looks straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. In the middle of it all, there’s an enormous warehouse, scheduled to become one of the largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in the country….
Michiganders expect State Leaders to rein in ICE even if Feds Won’t
New polling released by Progress Michigan shows strong support among Michiganders for state and federal reforms that would place limits and accountability measures on immigration enforcement, signaling that voters expect state lawmakers to act to protect families and communities even if federal officials refuse to change course.
The Deportation Data Project obtains, posts and analyzes internal U.S. government immigration enforcement data via public records litigation.
President Donald Trump ramped up comments toward Cuba on March 17, saying that the country is in talks with United States leadership and is “in a bad shape” following an oil blockade and a now-resolved power outage that left 10 million people without electricity.