The New Mexico Supreme Court declined to intervene in a dispute over Otero County’s new service agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which means the use of a county-owned facility in Chaparral for federal immigration detention will continue for now.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/supreme-court-wont-intervene-in-otero-county-ice-detentions/3024480

#newmexico #ice #immigrationdetention #immigration

Mapping ICE's un/under-reported detention sites:

The official count of immigrants detained by ICE passed 73,000 in January. But in the rush to expand several thousand more are being held each night in sites not include on the agency's public reports.

An analysis based on FOIA-supplied data…
https://carwilb.github.io/posts/ddp-comparison/index.html

#ICE #rstats #ImmigrationDetention

Venezuelan Doctor Detained in Texas After Losing Job to Visa Freeze

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/texas-doctor-detained-border-patrol-visa-freeze.html

Newlywed Wife of U.S. Soldier Released From Immigration Detention

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/ice-newlywed-military-wife-detain.html

Stephen Miller Is Still Pursuing His Immigration Agenda, but More Quietly

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/us/politics/stephen-miller-immigration-agenda.html

ICE Agents Detain Newlywed Spouse of Soldier Training to Deploy

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/us/ice-detains-military-wife-soldier-deployment.html

ICE Review Finds Dozens of Violations at Texas Migrant Detention Center

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/us/ice-texas-camp-montana-east.html

Trump Wants to Make Deportation Deals. Autocrats Are Ready to Listen.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/world/africa/trump-deportation-africa-migrants.html

Otero County’s new contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for civil immigration detention is unlawful, Attorney General Raúl Torrez argued in an emergency court petition asking the New Mexico Supreme Court to intervene.

https://www.abqjournal.com/news/ag-sues-to-block-otero-countys-ice-contract/3014749

#NewMexico #ICE #immigrationdetention #immigration #OteroCounty

Deaths in ICE Custody Are Growing, and Trump Defends Ballroom Plans

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/podcasts/the-headlines/deaths-ice-custody-trump-ballroom.html