detention center

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For months, the activist has protested in downtown L.A. against ICE, particularly around the Metropolitan Detention Center where activists have faced off with federal agents, police and the National Guard.

From Los Angeles Times

According to a recent federal class action lawsuit, a group of refugees arrested in Minnesota and flown to Texas were let go of the detention center without any documents or means of getting home.

From Salon

He had no shoes, only the orange booties given to him at a detention center.

From Salon

Although Liam has since been released, “We’ve had other students in our building also taken in. We realized a fifth grader was also at the detention center; they had just kind of disappeared.”

From Salon

“I visited the Otay Mesa Detention Center last week and there were roughly 1,200 people that were there under ICE custody,” Levin said.

From Los Angeles Times