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Residents and activists in western Maryland protested a planned Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Washington County, saying they had no input in DHS's decision to repurpose a warehouse; with the plan paused, demonstrators spoke out at a county commission meeting.
Hollywood figures and other notable signatories including Pedro Pascal, Natasha Lyonne, Wunmi Mosaku, Morgan Spector, Carrie Coon, Diego Luna and Madonna joined a Change.org petition urging the immediate closure of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center in Texas and an end to detaining children and families, arguing that conditions amount to trauma and violate basic health, safety, dignity and human rights. The missive targets private prison operator CoreCivic, along with DHS/ICE and officials such as Donald Trump and ICE Director Todd Lyons, with signatures growing past 2,600. Protests and attention around the facility continue, underscoring calls for transparency, accountability and systemic reform to end child imprisonment.
New court filings claim ICE lawyers falsely cited a May memo to justify arresting thousands of people who attended immigration court hearings, saying the memo did not authorize such arrests; the revelation arises in a NYCLU-led lawsuit challenging ICE’s practice of detaining noncitizens after hearings.
A federal appellate court ruled that the government may detain some noncitizens without requiring a bond while their removal proceedings are pending, expanding the detention authority of DHS and potentially affecting thousands of detainees awaiting decisions.
Video shows plainclothes ICE agents detaining a mother and her daughter at San Francisco International Airport; local officials describe it as an isolated incident with no evidence of a broader operation, while DHS says the pair were being escorted to processing after a 2019 removal order. SF police responded but were not involved in the detention; rights groups urge accountability as ICE continues airport deployments during a funding lapse affecting security staff.
AP News reports that a Japanese national detained in Iran since last year has been released; the piece, updated March 22, 2026, notes ongoing diplomatic engagement by Japan to handle the case.
Lawyers say detained immigrant children at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, continue to face troubling conditions and safety concerns, highlighting ongoing issues amid protests and scrutiny.
A 19-year-old Mexican detainee, Royer Perez-Jimenez, died after being found unconscious at Florida's Glades County Detention Center; ICE says the death is a presumed suicide and the case is under investigation. He had been arrested in January for impersonation fraud and resisting an officer after entering the U.S. illegally. Mexico’s government called the death unacceptable and urged a prompt, thorough probe. Detention watchdogs say migrant deaths in ICE custody have risen since Trump’s 2025 immigration crackdown.
The Justice Department is increasingly telling judges it cannot defend ICE detention decisions and is instead agreeing to bond hearings or releases for detainees, reflecting strain in the system and mounting judicial pushback against mass detentions. In dozens of cases, federal judges have rejected the government’s detention rationale (with more than 400 judges criticizing the approach and thousands of rulings indicating detentions were unlawful), prompting a shift toward bond hearings and releases as the administration grapples with resource constraints.
ICE detentions are rising and so are deaths, with at least 13 detainee deaths reported in 2026 by late March as the agency holds about 70,000 people, prompting questions about conditions and the policies driving the surge.
Estefany Rodríguez, a Nashville Noticias reporter who covers immigration, was released from ICE custody on a $10,000 bond after detention in Nashville earlier this month. Her lawyers say ICE mistreated her and are seeking protections going forward; ICE had claimed she had no lawful status and had missed appointments, a claim disputed by her lawyers who cited winter travel disruptions. Rodríguez fled Colombia in 2021 and has a pending green card and work permit.
The asylum claim for Adrian Conejo Arias and his son Liam Conejo Ramos—the family pictured with the viral bunny‑hat boy and formerly held at the Dilley detention center—has been denied, their lawyer said; the pair had been released from detention, highlighting ongoing scrutiny and challenges surrounding family asylum cases in U.S. policy.
Estefany Rodríguez, a Nashville Spanish-language journalist for Nashville Noticias, was arrested by ICE in March and granted a $10,000 bond but remains detained in Louisiana as government lawyers reserve the right to appeal. Her lawyers allege mistreatment and say the arrest may have been retaliation for her reporting on ICE, while officials say she overstayed a tourist visa and missed appointments. A federal hearing is planned as she pursues asylum and a green-card application, and she has a seven-year-old daughter.
Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian activist arrested at a Columbia University protest and detained for overstaying her student visa, was released from the Prairieland Detention Center in Texas after more than a year in custody. An immigration judge ordered release on bond, the third such order amid DHS stays, and prosecutors ultimately dropped the charges “in the interest of justice.” Her lawyers say the case was politically motivated; DHS counters she violated immigration laws. The release drew support from Amnesty International and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
An Afghan immigrant who had been detained by ICE died at a Texas hospital, with authorities reviewing the circumstances surrounding the detention.