detention center

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At the detention center, he said, agents have told him they’ll still find a way to deport him — if not to Cuba, then maybe Panama or Costa Rica.

From Los Angeles Times

The decision concluded the final merits hearing of his immigration case and marked the 60th day of his detention at the Bluebonnet Detention Center.

From Salon

The prison employee’s letter this week described the first arrivals at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, when ICE agents “dropped off buses” of detainees.

From Los Angeles Times

The Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles — a lockup run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons — had been asked to prepare for an influx of up to 120 new bookings from expected immigration raids, but by the end of Sunday officials had dropped off about a dozen people for processing, a source familiar with the situation told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times

Officers at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles — a lockup run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons — had been asked to prepare for an influx of up to 120 new bookings from expected immigration raids this weekend, according to two sources familiar with the situation.

From Los Angeles Times