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Outside Batavia's ICE Detention Center sits a blue sign in the snow that reads "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement"

Life inside Upstate New York’s ICE detention center

June 13, 2026

A delayed Christmas, detainee testimony and a surprise DHS inspection offer a rare window into conditions inside the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia.

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The Work Ethic Camp, located off Highway 83 in McCook, Nebraska, on March 28, 2026. Nebraska signed a two-year contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to use the facility dubbed “Cornhusker Clink” as a federal ICE detention center.

Financial questions linger over ‘Cornhusker Clink’

June 13, 2026

Eight months after an ICE detention facility opened in rural Nebraska, questions remain about promised economic benefits to the state.

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The former "Dade-Collier Transition and Training Airport" sign lies disregarded next to the newly-built "Alligator Alcatraz" sign on July 12, 2025. After it was built in early June, the site quickly became a hub for Florida's deportation efforts.

Built in a flash: New satellite imagery shows rapid construction of “Alligator Alcatraz”

June 5, 2026

New satellite imagery shows rapid construction of “Alligator Alcatraz.”

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Rafael, in a brown baseball hat, prepares to walk into his appointment with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Syracuse, New York.

Out of ICE detention, a Syracuse man still lives in fear of deportation

May 27, 2026

When ICE detained Rafael, his family relied on TikTok, Instagram reels and themselves.

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At a night protest, the UUP Upstate Chapter President speaks to the crowd.

Syracuse Cuban couple detained amid Trump immigration crackdown 

May 27, 2026

A same-sex Cuban couple from Syracuse was poised to receive asylum. Then they were ordered to be deported.

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What is a habeas corpus petition?

May 26, 2026

Explaining one of the only ways detained migrants can be released from ICE detention.

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A Carnegie-Knight Journalism Collaboration

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