Four detainees have escaped from a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey, which has been the center of protests since its opening in May and where both a sitting congresswoman and Newark’s mayor have been arrested.

Leavenworth, Kansas, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time.

Moshannon Valley Processing Center, a large ICE detention facility in west-central Pennsylvania, has drawn many civil rights complaints.

Protesters outside a New Jersey federal immigration detention center locked arms and pushed against barricades as vehicles passed through gates and Newark's mayor cited reports of a possible uprising

Pennsylvania’s Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Clearfield County is one of the biggest immigrant detention facilities in the country.

The indictment charges McIver with "forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers," New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba said.

A 19-year-old University of Utah student was detained by immigration agents last week while traveling in Colorado and is now being held at an immigration center there.

A shuttered private prison in Baldwin, Michigan may soon reopen as an immigration detention center, bringing jobs and renewed debate.