detention center

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At the detention center, he said, agents have told him they’ll still find a way to deport him — if not to Cuba, then maybe Panama or Costa Rica.

From Los Angeles Times

The decision concluded the final merits hearing of his immigration case and marked the 60th day of his detention at the Bluebonnet Detention Center.

From Salon

But on Jan. 27, Mr. A was deported from the detention center in which he was being held in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times

Authorities say one or more migrants held in a federal government detention center in Ciudad Juarez, which sits across the border with the United States, protested by burning mattresses in the cell where they had been locked up earlier that day.

From Reuters

Prosecutors said that after a fire at another detention center in the Gulf Coast state of Tabasco killed one person and injured 14 in 2020, the immigration agency knew there were problems that needed to be corrected. but alleged they failed to act.

From Washington Times