ICE Hides Thousands of Detainees as Austin Shooting Ignites Political Firestorm

ICE quietly removed over 16,000 individuals with final deportation orders from its public detainee locator system as of September 15, effectively making them vanish from the system. This move prevents families and legal representatives from locating detainees and hinders lawyers from filing necessary habeas petitions. As noted by the American Immigration Lawyers Association, "Families are freaking out because they think the person has been deported and they...