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Boston
Boston seismologist’s family breaks silence after 2 years of secret detention in China
A Boston seismologist has been held in China for nearly two years without a public trial, forcing his family to break their silence last wee...
Carl Samson
Government
Andy Kim pepper-sprayed by ICE at Newark detention protest
U.S. Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) was pepper-sprayed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents Monday as he tried to defuse a confrontat...
Suicides in ICE detention hit two-decade high
The number of immigrants dying by suicide in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention has climbed to its worst point in at least ...
Most Asian and Pacific Islanders detained by ICE had no criminal history, report finds
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests, detentions and deportations of Asian and Pacific Islander people have risen five to seven...
Second Southeast Asian detainee dies at Indiana ICE facility in 2 months
A Vietnamese immigrant died at the Miami Correctional Facility in Indiana on April 1, the same facility where a Cambodian detainee died in F...
Over 11,000 US kids had a parent detained by ICE under Trump, analysis finds
Immigration agents under President Donald Trump separated at least 11,000 U.S. citizen children from a parent in the first seven months of h...
Education
Senior art student detained by ICE in NYC, held in Louisiana
A University at Buffalo (UB) fine arts student has been detained by immigration agents after appearing at a scheduled court hearing in New Y...
Columbia student freed after Mamdani raises case with Trump
A Columbia University student detained by federal immigration agents was freed on Feb. 27 after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani raised he...
ICE detainees hit all-time high
Federal immigration authorities detained more than 68,400 people as of Dec. 14, marking the highest number ever recorded, according to data ...
6-year-old Chinese boy finally speaks with father after 2-week separation, detention
Yuanxin, a 6-year-old Chinese immigrant separated from his father over Thanksgiving, spoke with his parent by phone last weekend for the fir...
Hmong refugee leader released after months in ICE custody
A Michigan community leader detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) since July walked free last Wednesday after bipartisan adv...
Navy vet’s daughter released after 8 months in ICE detention
Alma Bowman, a Filipino American activist, regained her freedom this week after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) held her for eight...
Immigrants sue DHS, ICE over ‘inhumane’ conditions at California detention center
Seven immigrants detained at California’s largest ICE facility filed a federal class-action lawsuit last week against the Department of Home...
Crime
California immigration detainee alleges sexual abuse by officer
A 28-year-old immigration detainee identified only as “E” has reportedly filed a $10 million federal complaint alleging repeated sexual assa...
Editorial Staff
Chinese national dies in ICE custody
An undocumented Chinese national died at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Calexico, California, on Sept. 2...
South Koreans detail alleged mistreatment during ICE detention
South Korean workers detained in the largest-ever Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) enforcement operation at a Hyundai battery plant in...
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