Extended ICE Detention at North Lake: the psychological impact on Michigan detainees

In Michigan, immigrants being held inside detention centers often have no idea of when their cases will be resolved. Dozens have been held for over six months and for some it's been closer to a year. Mental health experts say the uncertainty coupled with the prolonged isolation can take a psychological toll, with the effects often growing more severe the longer a person is detained...

 https://www.interlochenpublicradio.org/ipr-news/2026-06-18/extended-ice-detention-at-north-lake-the-psychological-impact-on-michigan-detainees

Woman’s hypothermia death after her release by ICE is ruled a homicide

In a statement, Sara Innamorato, the Allegheny county executive, called Michel’s death “a tragedy and appears that with a little humanity, it could have been completely avoidable”. 

Summer Lee, a Democratic US House member from Pennsylvania, said Michel’s death was preventable and that “she deserved care, shelter, language access, and medical support”...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/15/ice-immigration-haitian-woman-death

 

Report: ICE wasted millions, endangered detainees in largest immigration facility : NPR

A new federal watchdog report has found severe violations at one of the country's largest immigration detention centers, including millions of dollars wasted, detainee health endangered, and the destruction or loss of evidence in a detainee death investigation...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/06/10/nx-s1-5853534/report-ice-wasted-millions-endangered-detainees-in-largest-immigration-facility

Top Democrat urges end to secrecy over proposed ICE child detention center

Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, has written to the project’s contractors and to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expressing concerns over conflicts of interest, environmental contamination and “the absence of a public process” in the center’s planning…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/04/democrat-louisiana-ice-family-detention-center

‘Dire’ conditions at ICE facility severely violate human rights, lawsuit claims

At US’s largest immigration center, Texas’s Camp East Montana, plaintiffs allege ‘dangerous and abusive’ situation…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/30/lawsuit-camp-east-montana-texas-us-immigration-ice

Extended legal losing streak hits Trump where it hurts

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78ibwIeaERg

‘We are not criminals’: protests erupt as hunger strike rocks New Jersey ICE jail

“We are detained, we are on hunger strike, demanding due process rights and the improvement of conditions,” one of the men said in an interview with the Guardian. “We are not criminals. We are people who enter [the facility] with a clean record. We pay our taxes. [We are] Fathers. Mothers. Spouses of citizens with existing petitions.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/27/new-jersey-ice-immigration

 

‘Psychological torture’: outcry over conditions at ICE desert detention camp

Detainees tell of abuse at sprawling Texas facility whose giant generators gobble energy and fuel climate crisis…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/15/ice-desert-detention-camp-east-montana

I just conducted an unannounced oversight visit of an ICE facility in MA

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oLHIOdZRiM4

 

3-year-old suffered sexual abuse during months in immigration custody, family alleges | PBS News

For five months, the young father waited for his 3-year-old daughter's release from federal custody after she crossed the U.S.-Mexico border with her mother, hoping through delays for their safe reunion. 

Only when he turned to the courts as a last resort did he learn that the girl had suffered alleged sexual abuse at the foster home where she'd been placed after immigration officials separated her from her mother.

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/3-year-old-suffered-sexual-abuse-during-months-in-immigration-custody-family-alleges

 

The Trump administration is sending pregnant migrant girls to a Texas shelter lacking proper care : NPR

The decision was made over urgent objections from some of the administration's own health and child welfare officials, who say both the facility and the region lack the specialized care the girls need...

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/03/nx-s1-5712323/pregnant-migrant-girls-texas-shelter 

 

Wormy Food, Intimidating Guards, Sick Kids: Inside ICE’s Only Family Detention Center – Mother Jones

First-person accounts paint a bleak picture of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/ice-dilley-family-detention-center-immigrant-children-liam-ramos-trump/ 

 

AG Nessel and Romulus Mayor file lawsuit over planned ICE detention facility

"As the state's attorney general, I have a legal and moral authority to act if and when this administration behaves unlawfully and does so in a way that harms Michigan's residents," Nessel said at a press conference. 

The complaint alleges the facility lacks the space, health and sanitation systems and infrastructure to handle as many as 500 detainees at a time. It also said the city, which is also part of the lawsuit, would have to pick up significant costs to manage the additional traffic and security if the project goes forward...

https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2026-03-24/federal-lawsuit-challenges-planned-ice-detention-facility-in-romulus 

 

Teenager becomes youngest person to die in ICE detention

"At intake, Perez was evaluated by medical staff," reads the press release by ICE. "He denied any behavioral health issues or concerns and answered 'no' to all suicide screening questions." 

At least 10 other people have died in ICE custody so far this year: Victor Manuel Díaz, 36; Heber Sanchez Domínguez, 34; Luis Beltrán Yanez–Cruz, 68; Luis Gustavo Núñez Caceres, 42; Jairo Garcia-Hernandez, 27; Lorth Sim, 59; Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41; Emanuel Cleeford Damas, 56; Pejman Karshenas Najafabadi, 59; and Alberto Gutiérrez Reyes, 48...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/19/teenager-ice-detention-florida-dies

 

Family of detainee who died under ICE custody says he was denied medical care

"We were a close-knit family. My partner wasn't an animal, so they shouldn't have prevented us from saying goodbye," Martínez Hernandez told the news outlet. "I want answers. Justice for him. I don't want ICE to just say what happened; they need to pay attention to those who are sick. They can't die simply because of negligence," she said…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/06/detainee-died-ice-custody-california 

 

ICE detainee in Arizona dies after not receiving ‘timely medical attention’

"His reported struggle to receive timely medical attention before being transferred to a hospital raises serious and painful concerns about the quality of care provided to individuals in custody," Christine Ellis, a Chandler city council member, said in an Instagram post… 

"He was complaining for almost two weeks straight, until he collapsed and got septic from the infection," Ellis told the local news outlet. Ellis said Damas was transferred to a Scottsdale hospital sometime last week…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/05/ice-detainee-arizona-death

 

Parents Describe a Clampdown at Dilley Detention Center as Kids Shared Their Stories — ProPublica

Detainees told ProPublica that art supplies have been removed in room searches, immigrants have lost access to Gmail and staff hover within earshot during video calls. The Trump administration and private prison operator disputed detainees' claims...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/dilley-detention-center-kids-art-removal

 

Northwest Detention Center DENIED my right to conduct oversight

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P59KkPHJxcM

 

Letters From the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility — ProPublica

Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end in sight...

https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters 

 

Children Describe Life Inside Dilley ICE Detention Center — ProPublica

Alexander Perez, a 15-year-old from the Dominican Republic, told me about going to school at Dilley. He said classes included kids from mixed age groups, and each class allowed only 12 students and lasted for just one hour. Slots were assigned on a first-come-first-served basis. Children would line up, hoping to get in. The staff leading the class would distribute handouts and worksheets to those who made it inside. 

Alexander Perez complained that the lessons were usually meant for kids who were younger than him, so he found them boring. But because there wasn't much else to do, he used to go whenever he could, until an instructor turned a social studies lesson into what felt like an interrogation about immigration policy…

https://www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children