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Wendy Fry CalMatters A federal judge on Wednesday June 10 ordered the Otay Mesa Detention Center to allow San Diego County health inspectors access to the 1,400-bed facility, siding with local officials over the federal government in an ongoing legal feud. The ruling could affect how local officials across...
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The escalating situation at the ICE detention center in Delaney Hall, Newark, New Jersey, has quickly become a flashpoint in the national immigration debate. With hundreds of detainees on hunger or work strikes due to living conditions, and violent clashes between protesters and law enforcement outside, the crisis offers...
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Wendy Fry & Nigel Duara CalMatters San Diego County Sheriff’s officials failed to investigate at least seven reported sexual assaults at the privately run Otay Mesa immigration detention center in 2025, and records show the agency has ceded control of the cases to civilian administrators employed by the nation’s largest for-profit...
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Wendy Fry CalMatters Un inmigrante turco que huyó de su país después de ser torturado ahora está en casa con su esposa en San Diego después de haber estado detenido durante aproximadamente siete semanas por las autoridades estadounidenses. Idris Demirtas , de 25 años, fue liberado solo después de que...
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Wendy Fry CalMatters A Turkish immigrant who fled his country after being tortured is now home with his wife in San Diego after being held for about seven weeks by U.S. authorities. Idris Demirtas, 25, was released only after a federal judge in the Southern District of California granted...
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When Monica walked through the door of her home after three months in the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, in Adelanto, California, her six-year-old daughter’s first words cut deep: ‘Why did you abandon us?’. For Monica (we are not using her real name to protect her privacy), detention was harrowing,...
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Wendy Fry CalMatters Federal immigration authorities are looking for a potential new detention center in Northern California, an effort that alarms advocates and some Democratic state lawmakers as President-elect Donald Trump gears up to unleash his mass deportation plan. In August, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a...
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Después de 16 meses en centros de detención de inmigrantes en California y Texas, José Rubén Hernández Gómez regresó a la casa de su familia en Lodi en abril, caminando con un bastón y diciendo que sufre de problemas neurológicos y pesadillas persistentes. El hombre de 33 años, nacido...
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Justo Robles CalMatters After 16 months in immigration detention facilities in California and Texas, Jose Ruben Hernandez Gomez returned to his family home in Lodi in April, walking with a cane and saying he suffers from neurological problems and persistent nightmares. The 33-year old Mexican-born man — who from...
Wendy Fry CalMatters A federal judge on Wednesday June 10 ordered the Otay Mesa Detention Center to allow San Diego County health inspectors access to the 1,400-bed facility, siding with local officials over the federal government in an ongoing legal feud. The ruling could affect how local officials across...
The escalating situation at the ICE detention center in Delaney Hall, Newark, New Jersey, has quickly become a flashpoint in the national immigration debate. With hundreds of detainees on hunger or work strikes due to living conditions, and violent clashes between protesters and law enforcement outside, the crisis offers...
Wendy Fry & Nigel Duara CalMatters San Diego County Sheriff’s officials failed to investigate at least seven reported sexual assaults at the privately run Otay Mesa immigration detention center in 2025, and records show the agency has ceded control of the cases to civilian administrators employed by the nation’s largest for-profit...
Wendy Fry CalMatters Un inmigrante turco que huyó de su país después de ser torturado ahora está en casa con su esposa en San Diego después de haber estado detenido durante aproximadamente siete semanas por las autoridades estadounidenses. Idris Demirtas , de 25 años, fue liberado solo después de que...
Wendy Fry CalMatters A Turkish immigrant who fled his country after being tortured is now home with his wife in San Diego after being held for about seven weeks by U.S. authorities. Idris Demirtas, 25, was released only after a federal judge in the Southern District of California granted...
When Monica walked through the door of her home after three months in the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, in Adelanto, California, her six-year-old daughter’s first words cut deep: ‘Why did you abandon us?’. For Monica (we are not using her real name to protect her privacy), detention was harrowing,...
Wendy Fry CalMatters Federal immigration authorities are looking for a potential new detention center in Northern California, an effort that alarms advocates and some Democratic state lawmakers as President-elect Donald Trump gears up to unleash his mass deportation plan. In August, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a...
Después de 16 meses en centros de detención de inmigrantes en California y Texas, José Rubén Hernández Gómez regresó a la casa de su familia en Lodi en abril, caminando con un bastón y diciendo que sufre de problemas neurológicos y pesadillas persistentes. El hombre de 33 años, nacido...
Justo Robles CalMatters After 16 months in immigration detention facilities in California and Texas, Jose Ruben Hernandez Gomez returned to his family home in Lodi in April, walking with a cane and saying he suffers from neurological problems and persistent nightmares. The 33-year old Mexican-born man — who from...