In a Tuesday letter, Seattle Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Bremerton Rep. Emily Randall and 11 other congressional Democrats pressed top immigration officials on their plans for the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma and other detention centers currently run by GEO and CoreCivic, another highly profitable company with multiple ICE contracts.
Category: Immigration
Immigration enforcement, detention, court rulings and the communities affected by shifting federal policy.
Crime & Justice Oct 13, 2026ICE Watch: Approximately 500 participate in hunger strike at Folkston immigration detention center
Approximately 500 people in a Coastal Georgia immigration detention center are on a hunger strike, protesting conditions at the facility as well as what they say are violations of asylum protocols by U.S. authorities, according to family members and legal representatives.
Crime & Justice Oct 12, 2026ICE Watch: Mississippi Valley State player remains in ICE custody after visa expired
Magnolia Tribune reported Oct. 12 that a Mississippi Valley State University basketball player, Qingfang Pang, remains in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after his student visa expired.
Crime & Justice Oct 11, 2026ICE Watch: A 26-acre California site was being turned into an ICE detention facility without a full…
A federal judge has halted construction of a planned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility near Gilroy, California, ruling that the federal government must address environmental review requirements before the project can proceed.
Crime & Justice Oct 10, 2026ICE Watch: ‘I want answers’: Maryland man dies in ICE custody
A husband and father from Peru who lived in the United States for 17 years died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, and his family wants to know how and why.
Crime & Justice Oct 9, 2026ICE Watch: Sewage floods cells at ICE detention center in Georgia, advocates say
A sewage backup has flooded parts of South Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center, leaving some Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees with restricted access to drinking water or showers, advocates say.
Crime & Justice Oct 8, 2026ICE Watch: Coming up: Measles spreads across the state; ICE detention facility set to expand; ImageOut returns
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Crime & Justice Oct 7, 2026ICE Watch: 2 women detained by ICE in Louisville granted release from custody
2 women detained by ICE in Louisville granted release from custody Two women, a Louisville mother and a Kentucky State basketball player, are getting released from ICE custody.








