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Detention'S Collateral: Families After Ice

Memoirs, reportage, and policy accounts that trace how immigration detention separates families and produces lasting legal, financial, and emotional harm.

6 booksJune 13, 2026

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Bryan José Rojas ended up in ICE detention during his honeymoon; his wife still...m.economictimes.com He took his wife, a Trump fan, to the president’s hotel in Doral. Instead he was...nbcnews.com

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