detention center
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Garces Perez says doctors couldn’t remove the bullet because it had lodged near his spine and ICE wanted to move him to a detention center, where he remains in custody.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
Over the weekend, a Salvadoran immigrant being held at the notorious Delaney Hall detention center in New Jersey died after experiencing a medical emergency, the second death the facility has seen since December.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
District Judge Maxine M. Chesney appointed Anandkumar to ensure compliance with her February order that ICE provide “constitutionally adequate healthcare” at the detention center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The sign around her neck carried the name and photo of Francisco Gaspar-Andrés, a 48-year-old who died in a Texas detention center in December.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
Most of the Central Americans go to reunite with a parent, say counselors at a detention center in Texas where the INS houses the largest number of the unaccompanied children it catches.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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