detention center
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El Paso is home to the vast Camp East Montana detention center, a makeshift tent facility that has been beset by claims of substandard conditions and at least three migrant deaths since it opened in August.
From Barron's
The Department of Homeland Security has the right to appeal the decision within 30 days so Guan remains in a New York detention center for now, said his lawyer, Chuangchuang Chen.
Busfield, known for his roles on “The West Wing” and “Thirtysomething,” was jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Albuquerque but was granted release on his own recognizance on Jan. 20.
From Los Angeles Times
They took him to the ICE staging ground, transferred him to a van with other detainees, and then transported them all to Metropolitan Detention Center downtown.
From Slate
The lawsuit filed Monday is the second to allege inhumane conditions at an immigration detention center in California.
From Los Angeles Times
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