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News: 2025

August 19.   Dell Cameron: Senate Probe Uncovers Allegations of Widespread Abuse in ICE Custody: Led by US senator Jon Ossoff, the investigation cites hundreds of reports since January, including accounts of miscarriages, child neglect, and sexual abuse at ICE detention centers in dozens of states.

October 16.   Maanvi Singh: Queer and trans immigrants allege forced labor and sexual assault in Ice facility: ‘I was treated worse than an animal.’

December 29.   Nathan Messina: Contract detention officer pleads guilty to sexually abusing Nicaraguan detainee at ICE facility in Basile.

Earlier

The ACLU: ICE Detention Center Says It’s Not Responsible for Staff’s Sexual Abuse of Detainees.

Emily Kassie: ‘I Just Simply Did What He Wanted’: Sexual Abuse Inside Immigrant Detention Facilities. Immigrant detention is expanding under the Trump administration, increasing the risk of sexual assault in a system where abuse is not uncommon. Two women told us their stories of being sexually abused by guards while under the custody of ICE.

Lomi Kriel: ICE Guards “Systematically” Sexually Assault Detainees in an El Paso Detention Center, Lawyers Say. Allegations include guards attacking victims in camera “blind spots.”

Alice Speri: Detained, Then Violated: 1,224 Complaints Reveal a Staggering Pattern of Sexual Abuse in Immigration Detention. Half of Those Accused Worked for ICE.

Zeba Warsi: Hundreds of immigrants have reported sexual abuse at ICE facilities. Most cases aren’t investigated.