Judge Expresses Alarm About ICE Detention Conditions
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U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman on Wednesday granted a temporary restraining order requiring ICE and the Department of Homeland Security to provide clean bedding mats, toiletries and at least three full meals per day to detainees at the Broadview detention center.
An effort to dehumanize immigrant people has contributed to federal indifference as the death toll among ICE detainees spikes this year.
Gov. Jim Pillen said Thursday that there are as many as 60 ICE detainees currently housed at the regional detention center in McCook.
During a press conference, Pillen told reporters that detainees began arriving at the Work Ethic Camp on Monday night.
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Democrats press DHS to reinstate oversight of ICE detention centers
A group of Virginia Democrats from both chambers is pressing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reinstall the federal workers who monitor the agency’s immigrant detention centers. The lawmakers say the employees of the Office of Detention Oversight (ODO),
Jim Pillen confirmed the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in McCook is officially up and running. Pillen sai
Guillermo Diaz-Torres, 33, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, will be arraigned next month in DuPage County following a one-car crash in Oak Brook on Oct. 26. Police allege he failed several field-sobriety tests, including balancing, walking in a straight line and reciting the alphabet.
A North Side day care remained closed as parents scramble for child care. Protesters in Broadview and downtown Chicago expressed their concerns about a teacher who was arrested there by ICE agents.
ICE wants to create a round-the-clock facility that could handle 6,000-7,000 calls per day related to immigration enforcement, it said.
Victor Cruz-Gamez received work authorization from one arm of Homeland Security, while another seeks to deport him. He was arrested in a case of mistaken identity.