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New Jersey Coalition asks state attorney general to seek contempt over use of Roxbury warehouse

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A coalition of New Jersey community groups has asked the state attorney general to bring the federal government back before a judge, claiming immigration agents used a court-restricted Morris County warehouse as a holding and...

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OP-ED: The $100 Million Hole in ICE's Deportation Machine

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The morning of September 11, 2001 needs no introduction. The events of that day fundamentally ruptured the workings of the world as we knew it and ushered in an era defined by war and by a shrinking sense o...

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FOIA FILED: We want the prompt behind DHS's "Mr. Singh" Transformers meme

Yesterday, we submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Department of Homeland Security Office of Public Affairs concerning an AI-generated meme shared to the official @DHSgov X account.

DHS deleted the post today, after...

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ICE Pays Nearly $10 Million to Maintain a Warehouse It's Legally Barred From Using

The federal government signed a $9,975,502.40 contract on Sept. 4 to keep security, power and fire-detection systems running at a vacant warehouse outside Williamsport, Md. A federal judge barred the site from opening as a 1,500-bed immigra...

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Op-Ed: ICE Is Building the Future of Immigration Enforcement

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In the months following DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin’s confirmation in March of this year, things were relatively quiet at DHS, at least from the outside. The highly publicized and violent s...

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    Public records enthusiasts. Tracking the flow of post-OBBBA homeland security procurements and government contracts.

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    Independent data journalist and erstwhile photographer based in Baltimore, MD. Forever enamored by the liminal, the misunderstood, and the unconventional. Public record enthusiast at Project Salt Box. Views are my own.

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    Migrant, total liberationist, aspiring polyglot. Ardently, quietly, etc.

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    Independent researcher and writer with a focus on immigration enforcement and federal procurement. Views are my own.

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