#ice-detention

#ice-detention

City leaders are expected to rally Thursday in Lower Manhattan to demand the release of another New York City public school student who was detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

"Currently, 14 people are being held in the East Meadow Jail facility, where more than 1,400 people detained by ICE across the New York City metropolitan area have been held in the county jail since February."

Zia entered the US legally in October 2024 through JFK airport with humanitarian parole and an approved Special Immigrant Visa.

In one video, it shows two toilets in the same room, separated by a makeshift wall, with individuals sleeping and sitting at the end of the room.

Advocates rallied outside the federal courthouse, emphasizing the situation surrounding Guillermo Medina Reyes, a Bay Area community organizer, who has lived in the U.S. since age six.

"Inside, basically it was very cold. The food was pretty bad. Just the condition in general. The fact that over 70 men are in one space, so you don't have privacy whatsoever."

"I was the first pro-Palestinian campus protester to be jailed by the Trump administration. The ongoing threat of deportation hangs over me despite my release."

"I shared a dorm with over 70 men, absolutely no privacy, lights on all the time. I spent my days listening to one tragic story after another..."

The chaos began when around 50 detainees at the facility became agitated over delayed meals, leading to a physical confrontation that resulted in the inmates escaping.

"Please bring my son back, I miss my son so much," Gomes' mother, Daiane Pereira, said as her husband João Paulo Gomes Pereira visibly fought back tears and comforted her.

US District Judge Patricia Giles ruled for the immediate release of Badar Khan Suri from ICE detention, citing his lawful status and the nature of the charges against him.

Baraka committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon.