detention center

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That includes Hutchins, Texas, near Dallas, which was expecting a 9,000-person detention center until the warehouse owner, Majestic Realty, said last month that it wouldn’t sell to ICE, though it declined to say why.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The shelter’s oldest resident is an 83-year-old who spent most of his life working in Florida before he was picked up and sent to a detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

The reality is that though one community may succeed in pushing out a detention center, the story doesn’t end there.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2026

The detention center operators would be required to correct any deficiencies identified by inspectors or face a civil penalty up to $25,000 a day for each violation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

I want to go see my mother at the detention center in New Jersey.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi