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Stewart Detention Center
Analysis
August 1
How Trump Used the Criminal System to Massively Expand Immigration Detention
Through threats and incentives, the administration conscripted local jails, federal prisons and private companies to detain immigrants.
By
Shannon Heffernan
,
Geoff Hing
,
Beth Schwartzapfel
and
Jill Castellano
News
May 8, 2019
More Immigrants Are Giving Up Court Fights and Leaving the U.S.
‘Voluntary departure’ applications surge as immigrants decide it’s better to return to their native countries than languish in a detention facility.
By
Christie Thompson
and
Andrew Rodriguez Calderón