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Colleague of Harvard scientist held by ICE warns that foreign scientists are scared

4:22am April 24, 2025

by A Martínez

Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.

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What to know about Tom Homan, the former ICE head returning as Trump's 'border czar'

10:10am November 11, 2024

Homan was the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement from January 2017 to June 2018, where he was a key architect of the Trump administration's controversial family separation policy.

Inmates are seen at the Hudson County Correctional Center in Kearny, N.J. in 2015.

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Internal ICE Reviews Of Two Immigrant Deaths Stoke Fears About COVID-19 Care

3:38pm April 29, 2020

by Joel Rose

As COVID-19 spreads in detention, ICE documents shared with NPR reveal new details about the health care provided to two immigrants who died in 2017. Those facilities now face coronavirus outbreaks.

The progressive advocacy group FWD.US recommends Arizona release at least 10,000 inmates, or one-quarter of the prison population, to make a significant impact in stopping the spread of the virus.

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'A Ticking Time Bomb': Advocates Warn COVID-19 Is Spreading Rapidly Behind Bars

11:27am April 28, 2020

The spread of coronavirus behind bars is likely much more rampant than what's known right now. In prisons, jails and immigration detention centers, limited testing already shows widespread infection.

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Cars line up to head into the United States (left) and into Canada (right) adjacent to Boundary Bay at a border crossing at Blaine, Wash., in 2009. A British couple who say they accidentally crossed the U.S.-Canada border were arrested by U.S. Customs and

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British Family Detained By ICE After Unlawfully Entering U.S. From Canada

4:24pm October 15, 2019

by Laura Benshoff

Eileen and David Connors say they accidentally crossed the U.S.-Canada border while vacationing. The couple and their 3-month-old son have been in a federal immigration facility since Oct. 3.

Yazmin Juárez, testified on Wednesday before Congress about the treatment of her daughter Mariee, who died after being released from detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Migrant Woman Testifies: My Child Died On What Is Mother's Day In My Country

8:23pm July 10, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

Yazmin Juárez told lawmakers that her daughter died from a respiratory infection after getting inadequate medical care in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.