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58 items of 1682 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
MD SB 985 on minimum mandatory standards for immigration detention facilities had its hearing canceled on 2026-03-12.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Axios reports that private equity has become a rhetorical punching bag for many Democratic House and Senate candidates as many polls suggest Democrats could gain full control of Congress next week.
Source: Axios (axios.com)
An immigrant, Roberto Jiménez Gutiérrez, 43, was found in ICE custody at Otay Mesa in California, and an autopsy must determine the cause of his death.
Source: La Opinión (laopinion.com)
Women recall miscarriages in ICE detention, early labors, homelessness and deportations.
Source: Rewire News Group (rewirenewsgroup.com)
Harriet's Wildest Dreams hosts 'Eat The Rich: A Workshop for Abolitionists' to build a national mass movement for racial, economic, social and environmental liberation.
Source: Mobilize public events (mobilize.us)
WV HB 4583, Victims of Communism Day, latest action on 2026-01-20: to House Education.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
H.R. 444, the End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2023, was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary on 2023-01-20.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
H.R. 3612, the End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2025, was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary on 2025-05-23.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
H.R. 1206, the End For-Profit Prisons Act of 2021, was referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security on 2021-04-28.
Source: Congress.gov API v3: recently updated bills (congress.gov)
An immigrant detainee dies at Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego; the Saturday death marks the 61st person to die in ICE custody under the Trump administration.
Source: Los Angeles Times Politics (latimes.com)
Bill SC S 735 on sanctuary jurisdictions and the release of aliens had its latest action on 2026-01-21: a scrivener's error corrected.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
The Marshall Project reports that in ICE detention thousands are moved across state lines within 24 hours, while in criminal court families can track arrests.
Source: The Marshall Project (themarshallproject.org)
Rev. Edward Nalwamba spent over a year in ICE detention; at his release last week, fellow detainees had to carry him to a car because officials wouldn't let him take his wheelchair that far.
Source: Common Dreams (commondreams.org)
PA HB 1964 would provide for a moratorium on the privatization of public water and wastewater systems and establish the Water Utility Reform Working Group; it was re-committed to Appropriations.
Source: Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
Ordinance to authorize the City Clerk to enter a fiscal agency agreement with The Participatory Budgeting Project, Inc. for payment to budget delegate facilitators and a $7,500.00 appropriation.
Source: Legistar: 15 city and county councils (columbus.legistar.com) · Status, sponsor and your legislators
An immigrant's death has reignited calls for the closure of a Folkston, Georgia ICE facility, where Luis Sandoval was detained and a hunger strike has been ongoing for over 2 weeks.
Source: Truthout (truthout.org)
In late August, the Trump administration flew 12 Somali immigrants to an ICE facility at Guantanamo Bay, where Sakariye Abdi Mohamed told journalist Amanda Moore it was 'just like kidnapping'.
Source: Mother Jones (motherjones.com)
New York county jails billed US Immigration and Customs Enforcement around $20 million for detaining thousands of immigrants for the agency since early last year, according to records.
Source: Documented (documentedny.com)
An immigrant detained at the D Ray James immigration detention center in Folkston, Georgia died on Friday, local and federal officials confirmed, as a hunger strike continues at the facility.
Source: The Guardian US (theguardian.com)
The New York Times reports that those accused of illegal fishing have ended up in ICE detention and that officers in states like Florida have been deputized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Source: The New York Times (nytimes.com)