Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown 

Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown 

President Donald Trump made countering immigration one of his flagship issues during last year’s presidential campaign, promising an unprecedented number of deportations.  In his first eight months in office, that promise turned into around 350,000 deportations, a figure that includes deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (around 200,000), Customs and Border Protection (more than 132,000),…

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#Suicide attempts highlight mental health concerns in immigrant detention

#Suicide attempts highlight mental health concerns in immigrant detention

Suicide attempts highlight mental health concerns in immigrant detention A series of suicide attempts reported by detainees and officials at a single New Mexico immigration detention facility are underscoring concerns about mental health treatment outcomes in the system. Brazilian national Kelsey Vial killed himself at the Torrance County Detention Facility in Estancia, N.M., on Aug….

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#Migrants still lining for hours outside NYC ICE headquarters

#Migrants still lining for hours outside NYC ICE headquarters

“Migrants still lining for hours outside NYC ICE headquarters” Desperate migrants are still lining up overnight outside New York City’s ICE headquarters in wintry temperatures — only to be turned away by security guards because the backlogged agency has already reached its apparent daily quota to process them. “If you want ICE, you have to…

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