Detainees

• ‘Over our ceiling’: Orange County jail flooded with ICE detainees - The number of ICE detainees booked into the Orange County Jail without any local criminal charges has surged more than fourfold in recent months, massively straining facility staff and creating unsafe conditions, county officials say. Many
• Video of Baltimore ICE facility outrages Maryland senators: ‘Utter depravity’ - Both of Maryland’s U.S. senators said they are “demanding answers” as a video spread online showing crowded conditions inside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement “processing facility” in Baltimore. The man recording the video pans the ca
• In Venezuela, Families Search for Relatives Who Are Detained and Missing - Even as dozens of political prisoners have been freed, at least 66 people taken by state authorities and never heard from again remain missing, relatives and rights groups say.
• Venezuela Detains Americans Amid Growing U.S. Pressure - The number of American citizens held in Venezuela has grown since the start of the U.S. military and economic campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.
• Attorneys urge judge to visit 'Alligator Alcatraz' to assess detainees' access to lawyers - Attorneys for detainees at an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz” want a federal judge to make an unscheduled, in-person visit to the facility to see firsthand if they are getting sufficient