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Louisiana becomes new hub in immigration detention under Trump

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By Nomaan Merchant, Gerald Herbert and Stacey Plaisance

Immigration reporter Nomaan Merchant, New Orleans photographer Gerald Herbert and video journalist Stacey Plaisance for an all-formats package that broke news about how Immigration and Customs Enforcement under President Donald Trump has quietly converted a network of rural prisons in Louisiana into a major hub of migrant detention.

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By The Associated Press

OCT. 18, 2019

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