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It focuses on a group called the French 75, who kick things off by liberating an immigration detention camp at the U.S.-Mexico border.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Escape attempts from the largest detention camp in northeast Syria, Al Hol, have increased this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025

These long-standing facilities were joined this month by a slapdash detention camp in the Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2025

Alfred had been arrested and was being held in the Westerbork detention camp in The Netherlands.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025

It was dated from a well-known detention camp in the South, and gave a list of six prisoners who had had another hearing and been given their freedom.

From The Rover Boys in the Land of Luck Stirring Adventures in the Oil Fields by Stratemeyer, Edward




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