detention center

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Lauren Michel Wilfong, a lawyer with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, said they learned of Villegas’ recent arrest after receiving a voicemail from the detention center around midday Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

"Our priority is to get her out of this detention center and repatriate her to France. Given her health, she won't last a month in such conditions of detention," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which plans to convert it into a detention center for immigrants awaiting deportation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

In Mississippi, volunteers rushed to the detention center where Velasquez was being held and got his signature, too.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

It was one step away from a real juvenile detention center.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz