In Chase County, more than 80% of detainees are immigrants held under a revenue-driven ICE contract, reflecting deep community divides and human implications.

The head of the Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement agency on Wednesday recognized the right of members of Congress to visit detention facilities, even unannounced, while the department's secretary said members of Congress should have requested a tour of an immigration detention facility in New Jersey where

The contrast between ICE officers in camouflage fatigues and the “nice old ladies” protesting outside the immigrant detention center might have been comic if not for the guns and plastic wrist cuffs the officers carried and the violent confrontation between Newark Police and other demonstrators the night before.

News of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka’s arrest outside of a newly reopened migrant detention center made news across the country, and the controversy is set to