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News Articles: immigration detention

President Donald Trump, along with officials including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, tour the new migrant detention facility at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport in Ochopee, Fla., on Tuesday.

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Trump tours 'Alligator Alcatraz,' a day before its first arrivals are expected

During their visit, Trump administration officials said the facility should be operational within 24 hours — despite the protests of pro-immigration, Indigenous and environmental groups.

July 01, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Protestors call for the release of Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported to CECOT prison in El Salvador before the administration of US President Donald Trump admitted he was sent there due to an "administrative error," at a protest in Los Angeles, California, on May 1. Since the protest, Abrego Garcia was returned to the U.S. and has been in federal prison awaiting trial for human smuggling charges.

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  • Law

Federal judge says Abrego Garcia can be released on bail. That doesn't mean he will be

A federal judge in Tennessee ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia can be released on bail while he awaits trial on human smuggling charges. But ICE has indicated it may arrest him if he leaves prison.

June 22, 2025
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By:
  • Marianna Bacallao
Francisco Urizar celebrates his 64th birthday with his daughters Nancy (center) and Francis (right). Since her father was taken into Immigrations and Customs Enforcement custody earlier in the week, Nancy has been frantically searching for clues about where, and why, he has been detained.

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  • USPS

One daughter's search for a father detained by ICE

Francisco Urizar, 64, was detained by ICE while on his work route delivering tortillas. His daughter Nancy is trying to find out what happened to him.

June 21, 2025
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  • Liz Baker
Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil on the Columbia University campus in New York at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on Monday, April 29, 2024.

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Mahmoud Khalil had hoped to walk free today. A federal judge said no

After signaling that Khalil could be released Friday, Judge Michael Farbiarz accepted the government's shifting explanation for Khalil's continued detention.

June 13, 2025
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  • Adrian Florido
National Guard stand outside buildings this week in Los Angeles.

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  • News

Appeals court blocks earlier ruling, allows Trump to command California Guard for now

A federal judge had ruled that Trump violated the law and had to turn control of the California National Guard back to the state Friday. But an appeals court put that on hold until a hearing on an appeal can be held next week.

June 13, 2025
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  • Laura Fitzgerald
Federal agents wait outside an immigration courtroom at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York on June 10, 2025.

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  • USPS

ICE's novel strategy allows for more arrests from inside immigration courts

The Trump administration has a novel strategy to boost arrests and reduce courts' backlog: dismissing people's immigration cases and immediately arresting them.

June 12, 2025
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  • Ximena Bustillo
A protester confronts a line of U.S. National Guard in the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles on Sunday.

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  • National

4 things to know about the immigration raid protests that roiled LA this weekend

Protesters opposed to federal immigration raids faced off with law enforcement in Los Angeles over the weekend. President Trump called in the National Guard against the wishes of the governor.

June 09, 2025
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  • Jeff Brady and
  • Joe Hernandez
The National Guard, police and protesters stand off outside of a downtown jail in Los Angeles on Sunday following days of clashes with law enforcement over immigration raids.

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  • National

Protesters clash with law enforcement in Los Angeles as Trump sends National Guard

California National Guard members arrived in the Los Angeles area after President Trump activated the troops to curb protests against federal immigration raids. More protesters gathered on Sunday.

June 08, 2025
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  • Joe Hernandez and
  • Steve Futterman
People place white carnation flowers on the fence of the Krome Detention Center during a vigil protesting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and mass deportations in Miami on May 24, 2025.

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  • National

In recorded calls, reports of overcrowding and lack of food at ICE detention centers

ICE detentions have surged, but deportations have not. In the past month, NPR spoke to dozens of detainees, families and lawyers who spoke of overcrowded centers in Florida lacking food and medicine.

June 05, 2025
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  • Jasmine Garsd
Mohsen Mahdawi speaks outside a Vermont courthouse after a judge released the Palestinian student activist on Wednesday, April 30, in Burlington, Vt.

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  • National

Freedom of speech 'at stake' in Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi's case, lawyer says

Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi left federal prison, but his case isn't over. His lawyer says the Trump administration's case against him is "laughable" and "unconstitutional."

May 01, 2025
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  • Leila Fadel and
  • Obed Manuel
Pro-Palestinian protesters demanding the release of Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil stand outside his immigration court hearing in Newark, N.J., on Friday, March 28, 2025.

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  • National

The controversial and obscure law being used against immigrant student protestors

The Trump Administration is using an obscure and controversial immigration law from 1952 to try to deport Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.

April 11, 2025
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  • Jasmine Garsd and
  • Joel Rose
Three students will return to Sackets Harbor Central School after their community in northern New York called for authorities to release the family, arrested by federal agents in late March.<br>

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  • National

'We love them': Small N.Y. town embraces a family freed from immigration detention

"I get goose bumps," said school principal Jamie Cook, thinking about the community rallying to support the family. The three students and their mother were arrested by immigration agents.

April 08, 2025
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  • Bill Chappell
NPR spoke to immigration experts and lawyers and reviewed government documents to break down the steps of the U.S. deportation process and its cost.

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  • Law

How does deportation work, and how much does it cost? We break it down

NPR spoke to immigration experts and lawyers and reviewed government documents to break down the steps and associated costs of the U.S. deportation process.

April 07, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Alyson Hurt
Signage and flowers are placed on a tree next to where ICE agents apprehended Tufts University graduate student Rumeysa Öztürk on March 25 in Somerville, Mass.

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  • National

Legal scholar sees immigrant arrests as a 'struggle for the soul of the country'

As ICE agents arrest international students at campuses across the U.S., professor Daniel Kanstroom discusses the law — and the human cost. He says the round-ups are designed to "send a message."

April 02, 2025
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  • Tonya Mosley
A man walks in a hallway at the Otay Mesa Detention Center Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, in San Diego.

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  • National

Jasmine Mooney left ICE detention on a mission: 'People are gonna listen to you'

Canadian actress and entrepreneur Jasmine Mooney was detained by immigration authorities for 12 days after trying to apply for a visa at the U.S.-Mexico border. She spoke to NPR about her experience.

April 02, 2025
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  • Lindsay Totty,
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