I thought this recent @borderlessmag.bsky.social story was great because it showed the other end of this dynamic - the direct aid required to help immigrants who have won their release, through methods like habeas petitions, to return home. borderlessmag.org/2026/05/26/d...
Detained Out of State, Chicago Immigrants Rely on Strangers to Find Their Way Back Home – Top Stories – Borderless Magazine NFP
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It makes me think of the differences with facilities in Arizona, such as the ones in Florence and Eloy, that are often the final facilities for people from all around the country before they are deported. They are also at least an hour's drive from major metropolitan areas in the state.
Geoff Hing
One dimension of the active resistance around the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility is that so many of the people detained there are from the region around the facility. This table is from @austinkocher.com's analysis of data describing people detained at that facility.
Among the findings of my data reporting is an increase in ICE transferring people to another state within 24 hours of being booked into detention.
Earlier this week, Aala Abdullahi and I published a story about the impact of rapid transfers on people that ICE has locked away in detention facilities. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/06/01/i...
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Under Trump, the U.S. increasingly sends immigrants all over the nation with little warning, leaving families and attorneys unsure where they are.
