Local Congress Members Inspect ICE Holding Facility in Lower Manhattan

Meriden high schoolers show support for classmate detained by ICE ahead of graduation

A high school senior in Meriden was taken into custody by ICE last week, days before his graduation. Some of his classmates are showing their support for him and plan to do so at the ceremony on Tuesday. Meriden Public Schools Superintendent Mark Benigni says the student was attending a non-criminal immigration hearing when he was detained. The school district...

Local Congress members inspect ICE holding facility in Lower Manhattan

State Representatives Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Velázquez say they waited in the lobby for an hour and then were denied access to the 10th floor of the immigration courthouse.

ICE holding immigrants in 'abysmal' conditions at Burlington office building, lawyers say

ICE is detaining immigrants in a Burlington office park building that wasn't designed as a holding facility. Lawyers say conditions there are "abysmal" and "unsanitary."