Despite New Contract, Washington ICE Detention Center Population Shrinks

Trump Administration’s ICE detention crackdown puts US courts under severe strain as lawsuits surge nationwide: Report

The report, based on a review of thousands of ICE detention cases and interviews with detainees, lawyers and judges, found that federal judges have ruled against Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detention tactics more than 16,000 times over the past year.

What it’s like inside Elroy’s detention center as a trans woman

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Despite new contract, Washington ICE detention center population shrinks - The Daily Chronicle

Last June, the federal government's immigrant detention center in Tacoma — then supposed to hold a maximum of 1,575 people — was so full amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown that several dozen were transferred to an Alaska jail. As of Friday, the number of people detained at the Tacoma facility had dropped to 919, according to a spokesperson for U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, a Medina Democrat who visited the facility that day. The sh…

Despite new contract, population at Tacoma ICE detention center shrinks

Last June, the federal government’s immigrant detention center in Tacoma — then supposed to hold a maximum of 1,575 people — was so full amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown that several dozen were transferred to an Alaska jail. As of Friday, the number of people detained at the Tacoma facility had dropped to 919, according to a spokesperson for U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, a Medina Democrat who visited the facility that day.

Despite new contract, Washington ICE detention center population shrinks