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Inside the ICE Detention Boom: Soaring Abuse Claims and Little Oversight

March 23, 2026·1h 0m·3-min readroundtablepolitics
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The Trump administration is aggressively expanding the U.S. immigration detention and deportation system with $45 billion in funding, aiming for one million deportations per year, despite widespread human rights abuses, preventable deaths, and systemic failures in oversight and due proces

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Stephen MillerKristi NoemAaron Reichland-MilneckXimena BustilloAustin Coker

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Criminal JusticeImmigrationInequalityPolitical NewsUs Politics

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