Uncovering abuse inside America's largest ICE detention center

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citizens abroad may request an absentee ballot to vote in the 2026 election, and requesting yours is easy. Keep your connection strong no matter how far away you are. Visit registrabroad.com to get started. This is Fresh Air, I'm Tanya Mosley. Over the past year, we've watched ICE agents arrest immigrants at traffic stops, outside schools, even at the routine check-ins people attend to stay in compliance.

And in the past week, two of these attempted detentions turned deadly. Agents shot and killed two men in their vehicles, a construction worker in Houston, and on Monday, a man in Bidford, Maine. ICE agents are reportedly now arresting some two thousand people a day, but the arrests are only part of what we've seen. My guest, New Yorker staff writer Jonathan Blitzer takes us inside what happens next.

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