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Los Angeles Times
January 30, 2026

‘I can’t tell you’: Attorneys and relatives struggle to find hospitalized ICE detainees
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett


Several attorneys and healthcare providers questioned the need for such restrictions. Immigration detention is civil, not criminal, detention. The Trump administration says it’s focused on arresting and deporting criminals, yet most of those arrested have no criminal conviction, according to data compiled by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse and several news outlets.


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