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The New York Times: Immigrants From Around the Country Keep Getting Detained in Louisiana. It’s No Coincidence.

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For years, Louisiana has been a hotspot for immigrant detention, second only to Texas. Referencing recent high-profile cases of detained students, this New York Times article explores the factors behind Louisiana’s growing prominence in the United States’ immigration incarceration regime. 

The article also describes inhumane conditions, abuse, and neglect across the Louisiana ICE facilities, citing a “litany of abuses” uncovered in RFK Human Rights Inside the Black Hole report. 

Read the full article here.

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