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Austin Kocher, Mackenzie Knowles-Coursin
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What Really Happens Inside Aurora's Detained Immigration Court? A Live Conversation with Dr. Rebecca Galemba and Students w/ the DU Court Transparency Project

Detained immigration courtrooms are one of the least empirically studied spaces in the entire immigration enforcement system. Most of what happens inside them remains a mystery. Although these hearings are technically open to the public, ph...

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"Agents of Chaos and Cruelty": A Conversation with the ACLU's Naureen Shah & Denise Bell about ICE's Reckless Attacks on American Communities

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ICE Quietly Arresting More People Than Ever According to Latest Data

After months of data silence, ICE released new detention numbers today that provide important new insights into the current state of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. As of July 11, the agency currently holds 65,765 peop...

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|| Event Announcement || 🚨ICE in the Emergency Room: A New Guide Helps Hospitals and Health Care Workers Know What to Do When Immigration Enforcement Shows Up

When someone in ICE custody needs medical care, officers bring them to a hospital and stay. That creates a situation that clinical training has never prepared doctors, nurses, and hospital staff for: how do you care for a patient when an ar...

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ICE Reports 22nd Detention Death of 2026: Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva, 45, Dies During a Transfer in Georgia

Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, a 45-year-old man from Venezuela, died in ICE custody on July 13, 2026, during a transfer out of the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, according to an ICE press release published earlier today (Jul...

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