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2026-06-28: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention center in Florida is officially closed, governor says - AP News - ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ immigration detention center in Florida is officially closed, governor says AP News

2026-06-28: CBP officers seize more than $72.3M in methamphetamine last weekend at Laredo Field Office ports of entry - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (.gov) - CBP officers seize more than $72.3M in methamphetamine last weekend at Laredo Field Office ports of entry U.S. Customs and Border Protection (.gov)

2026-06-28: US homeland security secretary tells migrants to seek permanent status or leave - Markwayne Mullin’s remarks come after controversial supreme court ruling to strip TPS from over 350,000 people Migrants in the US on temporary protected status should seek permanent residence or leave, Markwayne Mullin, Homeland Security secretary, said in the wake of last week’s supreme court decision that stripped hu

2026-06-28: Anti-ICE organizers shift focus to defend democracy from Trump assault - Citizens in Minnesota using lessons learned from migrant crackdown to protect elections from president’s threats When thousands of immigration agents flooded Minnesota earlier this year, a loose network of neighbors sprang into action. They fed each other. They got kids to and from school safely. They tracked the surge

2026-06-27: New York City Council worker released from ICE custody 5 months after being detained - CBS News - New York City Council worker released from ICE custody 5 months after being detained CBS News

2026-06-27: N.Y.C. City Council Employee Freed After 5 Months in ICE Detention - The New York Times - N.Y.C. City Council Employee Freed After 5 Months in ICE Detention The New York Times

2026-06-27: Rafael Rubio, NYC Council employee, released after 158 days in ICE custody at Delaney Hall - ABC7 New York - Rafael Rubio, NYC Council employee, released after 158 days in ICE custody at Delaney Hall ABC7 New York

2026-05-26: Immigration courts launch mass mega-master hearings to speed deportations - DOJ has begun holding mass "mega master" immigration hearings of more than 100 people at once in Chicago, Boston, and Chelmsford, Massachusetts, with Dallas next, NPR reported. The push coincides with EOIR swearing in its largest immigration judge class in agency history, a combined 82 judges announced May 21, bringing FY 2026 hires to a record 153.

2026-05-25: DHS accuses New Jersey Democrats of staging a political stunt at Delaney Hall - In a press release, DHS named eight Democratic officials and denied that any hunger strike was occurring at Delaney Hall, asserting that ICE maintains higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons. Secretary Markwayne Mullin asked whether the "sanctuary politicians" would house the detained criminals in their own homes. The statement directly contradicts on-the-record accounts from detainees' attorneys and lawmakers who entered the facility.

2026-05-25: Gov. Sherrill denied entry to Delaney Hall, Sen. Kim pepper-sprayed - Gov. Mikie Sherrill was formally denied access to Delaney Hall while accompanied by Sen. Andy Kim and four members of Congress, ABC7 and CBS New York reported. Kim was admitted only after personally calling DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin, and was later pepper-sprayed during a second clash in which agents deployed pepper balls and batons. Sherrill said the refusal suggested "there is some 'there' there."

2026-05-25: NBC News documents surge in fake-ICE impersonator attacks - An NBC News and Noticias Telemundo investigation documented at least 31 cases in 2025 of impostors posing as immigration agents, a sharp increase from an average of 5.3 incidents per year over the prior decade. The reporters identified 84 instances between 2014 and 2025, with 38 percent of 2025 cases involving physical violence, and cited the December arrest of a Galveston, Texas man found with a fake badge and ID.

2026-05-24: Protesters clash with ICE agents at Delaney Hall over detainee transfer - Protesters blocked an unmarked van that organizers said was removing striking detainee Martin Alonso Soto Hernandez for transfer, leading to the week's first physical clash, CNN reported. DHS said ICE removed 70 protesters and used pepper spray and gas canisters; protesters said they were also struck with rubber bullets. Soto Hernandez was moved to the Elizabeth Contract Detention Facility, where his attorney said he was placed in isolation.

2026-05-24: Judge sanctions CoreCivic for destroying evidence in ICE death suit - A federal judge issued what appears to be the first known spoliation sanction against a private prison corporation in an ICE wrongful-death case, finding CoreCivic responsible for destroying video evidence relating to detainee Kesley Vial's death, The Intercept reported. ACLU New Mexico attorney Rebecca Sheff said the practice of letting video evidence be overwritten was one the organization had documented and unearthed.

2026-05-23: Lawmakers visit Delaney Hall as hunger strike continues - Sen. Andy Kim and Rep. Rob Menendez Jr. entered the Delaney Hall facility as the detainee hunger strike continued, Gothamist reported. Kim said on X that he saw a carton of congealed milk and spoke with detainees who said they were arrested at scheduled green-card interviews; an attorney told CNN her client had been served spoiled food described as containing worms.