New reporting reveals secret ICE hold rooms across the country, including three right here in North Carolina. In a new Billy Ball Explains NC, we tell you what you need to know.
ICE is reportedly keeping detainees indefinitely in temporary “hold rooms” across the country, with little oversight and questionable conditions. And get this: These hold rooms are not required to have beds. Or even toilets.
And ICE has three of them here in North Carolina.
In a new Billy Ball Explains NC, we break down the latest developments in NC’s immigration crackdown. For more on your legal rights in an encounter with ICE, check out this info we republished from 19th News.
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Billy Ball Explains NC is a weekly conversation about North Carolina politics, culture, and news, led by Cardinal & Pine Senior Newsletter Editor Billy Ball. Make sure to like and subscribe so you never miss an episode!
Billy Ball Explains NC is a weekly conversation about North Carolina politics, culture, and news, led by Cardinal & Pine Senior Newsletter Editor Billy Ball. Make sure to like and subscribe so you never miss an episode!
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