Senator wants ICE to close New Mexico migrant detention facility
A U.S. senator is calling for the shutdown of an immigrant detention center in New Mexico where the federal government has failed to get a contract extension with a local county.
BASILE, La. (KLFY) -- In Basile, hundreds of service workers and employees are protesting during a multi-day Justice Journey across the South. Service Employees International Union along with the ACLU Louisiana, the NAACP, community leaders, and allies are holding demonstrations outside of ICE Detention Centers in Basile and Jena. Freedom,…
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) earlier this week called for Texas to create its own "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention facility. The day after, reports surfaced that the U.S. government was planning to build a 5,000-person immigration detention camp in El Paso. Cornyn chaired a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee…
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The federal government is using no-bid contracts to more than double detention beds for mass deportations. Associated Press (AP) Reporter John Hanna joined the latest episode of Inside Kansas Politics to discuss the AP's reporting and how a Leavenworth prison is becoming a priority for Immigration and Customs Enforcement…