Georgia Army Veteran Stuck in ICE Detention Center
As the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration continues to ensnare some U.S. military veterans, one case in Georgia is grabbing headlines. Godfrey Wade, an Army veteran who has lived in the country for 52 years, has spent the past three months in the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia. Wade emigrated to the U.S. […]
Disabled US Army Veteran in ‘Limbo’ at Tacoma ICE Detention Center
TACOMA — A U.S. Army veteran’s immigration case remains uncertain after he was recently denied bond by a judge, family members say. As community members and elected officials continue to advocate for Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry’s release from the Northwest ICE Processing Center, federal officials have taken new legal actions in recent days to deport Chaudhry, […]
Mystery Surrounds $1.2 Billion Army Contract to Build Huge Detention Tent Camp in Texas Desert
WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump’s administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons. Instead, it handed the project on […]
Texas' Fort Bliss Set to Host 5,000-Bed Immigrant Detention Camp
The Trump administration has awarded a $1.26 billion contract to build and operate a virtually unprecedented 5,000-bed immigration detention facility at Fort Bliss, an Army base near El Paso, Texas, a defense official confirmed to Military.com. The contract was issued to Acquisition Logistics Company, a relatively small Virginia-based firm with seemingly no notable experience managing […]
Additional Military Bases in New Jersey, Indiana Set to Host Migrant Detention Camps
The Department of Homeland Security is planning to house migrants at two new military installations as the Trump administration increasingly turns to the armed forces to bolster its aggressive immigration crackdown. Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, colloquially referred to as “Fort Dix,” in New Jersey and Camp Atterbury in Indiana, both relatively low-profile installations, have been identified […]
Hundreds from Army, Navy, Marine Corps Surge to Guantanamo Bay for Migrant Detention Operation
The number of troops deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, under President Donald Trump’s order to turn the Navy base into a detention camp for migrants arrested in the U.S. has nearly tripled — to about 900 — in little more than a week, according to a defense official on Thursday. Military officials told lawmakers on […]
North Korea Stays Silent on its Apparent Detention of a US Soldier Who Bolted Across the Border
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea stayed silent Wednesday about the detention of an American soldier who sprinted across the Koreas’ heavily fortified border as other members of his tour group looked on in shock. Some observers said the North was unlikely to repatriate him anytime soon amid heightened tensions between the rivals. Pvt. 2nd […]