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News Articles: immigration detention

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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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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By:
  • 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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'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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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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  • 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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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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  • Leila Fadel,
  • Lindsay Totty,
  • and 1 more
Lewelyn Dixon, a green-card holder who lives near Seattle, was detained when she returned from a trip to the Philippines in February.

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Green card holders, travelers caught in Trump's immigration crackdown

A lawful permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. for 50 years was detained because of a decades-old conviction amid tougher immigration enforcement at airports and border crossings.

April 01, 2025
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  • Joel Rose
Immigrants await processing at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Adelanto, California. By filing a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act, NPR obtained a trove of inspection reports detailing serious problems at this ICE facility and others across the United States.

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Government's own experts found 'barbaric' and 'negligent' conditions in ICE detention

Inspectors for the Department of Homeland Security found dangerous problems in immigration detention facilities. For years, the government fought NPR's efforts to obtain its often damning reports.

August 16, 2023
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  • Tom Dreisbach
The Adelanto U.S. Immigration and Enforcement Processing Center in Adelanto, Calif., is operated by GEO Group, Inc., a Florida-based company specializing in privatized corrections. The facility is one of 39 recommended by the ACLU for closure.

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ACLU Calls On DHS To Close ICE Detention Centers, Citing High Cost Of Empty Beds

The ACLU wants the Biden administration to close dozens of immigration detention facilities, citing the historically low number of immigrants in detention and the high cost of paying for empty beds.

April 28, 2021
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  • Joel Rose
Dawn Wooten (left), who filed the whistleblower complaint about conditions at the Irwin County Detention Center, participates in a news conference Tuesday in Atlanta.

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  • National

Whistleblower Alleges 'Medical Neglect,' Questionable Hysterectomies Of ICE Detainees

Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocacy groups are calling for the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general to investigate the claims, centered on conditions at a facility in Georgia.

September 16, 2020
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman

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