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News Articles: immigration detention

Mohan Karki (R) and his wife Tika Basnet (L) pose for a photo before he was detained by immigration agents in April.

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  • National

This refugee's family faced persecution in Bhutan. Now, he could be deported there

Mohan Karki's family and others with Nepali ancestry were persecuted and driven out of Bhutan in the 1990s. Karki himself was born in a refugee camp in nearby Nepal. Yet, the U.S. government claims he is a Bhutanese citizen and seeks to deport him there.

December 11, 2025
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By:
  • Juliana Kim
Roman Surovtsev and Samantha Surovtsev are seen in a photo from August 2024.

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  • USPS

ICE tried to send one immigrant to a country he never lived in. Then he lawyered up

Roman Surovtsev is like many others who were detained at their regularly scheduled ICE check-ins. What makes his case different is that his wife has marshaled a team of lawyers on his behalf.

October 20, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
A corrections officer walks beside people holding candles, signs, and flowers during a vigil outside the Krome Detention Center in Miami in May 2025, protesting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and mass deportations.

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  • USPS

Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations

After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump administration ramps up ICE detention.

October 06, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Tents at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay in support of the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security mission to expand the Illegal Alien Holding Operations Center during Operation Southern Guard at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Feb. 17.

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  • Investigations

Water failure at Guantánamo Bay affects U.S. migrant operations there

Migrants sent by the U.S. to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, were moved to another part of the naval base there because of a water failure, raising doubts about housing large numbers of deportees.

September 12, 2025
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By:
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
A member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus holds a picture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a news conference to discuss his arrest and deportation on April 9 in Washington, D.C. The Trump administration wants to deport him to Uganda.

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  • World

If Abrego Garcia is deported to Uganda, here's how it might happen

Experts say sending a migrant to a third-party country that they have no connection to is a costly, complex and legally questionable move.

August 27, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
President Trump tours "Alligator Alcatraz," a new migrant detention facility at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility, on July 1, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla.

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  • Law

Florida must stop expanding 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration center, judge says

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Thursday halting further expansion and ordering the winding down of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades.

August 22, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The seal of the Department of Defense at the Pentagon.

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  • USPS

Military bases in New Jersey, Indiana, to be expanded to detain immigrants

NPR has learned that the Pentagon has also approved the expansion of the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the same purpose.

July 21, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Tom Bowman
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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  • Politics

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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By:
  • 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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  • USPS

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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • 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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By:
  • Joe Hernandez and
  • Steve Futterman
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