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Ryan J. Foley
@rjfoley.bsky.social
· Apr 20
This Midwestern city has long been a federal hub. The pain from DOGE’s cuts is everywhere
The Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan area has long been a regional hub for the federal government, and the pain from the Trump administration's cuts can be seen everywhere.
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ICE has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding thousands of detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, an unannounced move that has made it far more difficult for lawyers and relatives to find them, @rjfoley.bsky.social reports.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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September 21, 2026 at 5:20 PM
ICE has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding thousands of detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, an unannounced move that has made it far more difficult for lawyers and relatives to find them, @rjfoley.bsky.social reports.
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ICE says newly relaxed detention standards will “reduce the burden” on contractors and sheriffs who run detention facilities. Experts see reduced liability, cut costs and cheaper labor but few if any improvements for detainees apnews.com/article/ice-...
ICE says relaxed detention standards 'reduce the burden' on contractors running its lockups
Contractors running Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities can rely more heavily on artificial intelligence tools to communicate with detainees and continue refusing to pay wages for detainees...
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June 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
ICE says newly relaxed detention standards will “reduce the burden” on contractors and sheriffs who run detention facilities. Experts see reduced liability, cut costs and cheaper labor but few if any improvements for detainees apnews.com/article/ice-...
May 27, 2026 at 10:55 AM
My latest investigation uncovers some red flags in the backgrounds of some of the newly hired ICE officers apnews.com/article/ice-...
ICE went on a hiring spree. Sterling credentials were not required, AP investigation finds
Some new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers started working before passing background checks and had problems in their past.
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April 17, 2026 at 11:51 AM
My latest investigation uncovers some red flags in the backgrounds of some of the newly hired ICE officers apnews.com/article/ice-...
OSHA has cited 3 subcontractors, including one owned by a major Trump donor, for safety violations in the death of a worker crushed by falling materials while building ICE detention facility Camp East Montana apnews.com/article/camp...
3 contractors cited for violations in death of worker building major ICE detention camp
Federal regulators have cited three contractors for safety violations stemming from the death of a worker helping build a major immigration detention center last year.
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April 13, 2026 at 6:55 PM
OSHA has cited 3 subcontractors, including one owned by a major Trump donor, for safety violations in the death of a worker crushed by falling materials while building ICE detention facility Camp East Montana apnews.com/article/camp...
My latest scoop on Camp East Montana — apnews.com/article/ice-...
Inspection finds dozens of violations of detention standards at a major immigration camp in Texas
An inspection at the nation’s largest immigration detention facility found dozens of violations of national standards that potentially exposed detainees to excessive force, disease, and other unsafe c...
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April 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
My latest scoop on Camp East Montana — apnews.com/article/ice-...
ICE replaces contractor at largest detention camp after scrutiny of living conditions
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March 13, 2026 at 5:25 PM
ICE replaces contractor at largest detention camp after scrutiny of living conditions
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Conditions at ICE's largest detention facility — revealed in data from more than a hundred 911 calls, interviews and court filings — offer a disturbing portrait of overcrowding, medical neglect, malnutrition and emotional distress.
Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility
The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas.
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March 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Conditions at ICE's largest detention facility — revealed in data from more than a hundred 911 calls, interviews and court filings — offer a disturbing portrait of overcrowding, medical neglect, malnutrition and emotional distress.
Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility
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March 6, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility
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As ICE expands, an AP review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused
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February 11, 2026 at 11:08 AM
As ICE expands, an AP review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused
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Here’s what we know about ICE officer Jonathan Ross, who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Iraq War veteran. 18 years of service with Border Patrol and ICE. Seriously injured in a prior use of force incident last summer. apnews.com/article/immi...
ICE officer who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis has served decades in military and law enforcement
The agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis is an Iraq War veteran who has served for nearly two decades in the Border Patrol and U.S.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Here’s what we know about ICE officer Jonathan Ross, who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday. Iraq War veteran. 18 years of service with Border Patrol and ICE. Seriously injured in a prior use of force incident last summer. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Combat training drills are a rite of passage for police recruits nationwide, and an Associated Press investigation finds they've left a trail of deaths and injuries.
Combat training is a rite of passage for police recruits. It's left a trail of deaths and injuries
Combat training drills are a rite of passage for police recruits nationwide, and an Associated Press investigation finds they've left a trail of deaths and injuries.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Combat training drills are a rite of passage for police recruits nationwide, and an Associated Press investigation finds they've left a trail of deaths and injuries.
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Dozens of protesters accused of assaulting federal agents in four cities have seen their charges reduced, dismissed or rejected by juries, a review by The Associated Press found.
DOJ vowed to punish those who disrupt Trump's immigration crackdown. Dozens of cases have crumbled
The Justice Department has embarked on a months-long effort to prosecute people accused of assaulting federal officers during protests of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Dozens of protesters accused of assaulting federal agents in four cities have seen their charges reduced, dismissed or rejected by juries, a review by The Associated Press found.
How a single county jail in Arkansas helps ICE make hundreds of arrests, separating families and spreading fear through communities. Detentions often start with a traffic stop
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A quiet corner of Arkansas has become a hot spot for US immigration crackdown, AP finds
A corner of Arkansas best known as home to Walmart headquarters has emerged as a little-known hot spot in the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
How a single county jail in Arkansas helps ICE make hundreds of arrests, separating families and spreading fear through communities. Detentions often start with a traffic stop
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Iowa district hired superintendent despite false Morgan State doctorate claim on his resume
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October 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Iowa district hired superintendent despite false Morgan State doctorate claim on his resume
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apnews.com/article/iowa... ICE arrests leader of Iowa's largest public school district, calling him a 'criminal alien'
ICE arrests leader of Iowa's largest public school district, calling him a 'criminal alien'
Federal immigration agents have arrested the leader of Iowa’s largest school district in a targeted enforcement action that shocked students and educators. U.S.
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September 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
apnews.com/article/iowa... ICE arrests leader of Iowa's largest public school district, calling him a 'criminal alien'
July 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Grassley calls on AG Bondi to fix mismanagement, claims backlog at benefits program for deceased officers apnews.com/article/gras...
Sen. Grassley calls delays at a benefits program for deceased officers 'absolutely unacceptable'
A powerful U.S. senator is calling on the Trump administration to fix a growing claims backlog at the program that promises benefits when police and firefighters die or become disabled in the line of ...
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June 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Grassley calls on AG Bondi to fix mismanagement, claims backlog at benefits program for deceased officers apnews.com/article/gras...
AP investigation: 16 years after a Border Patrol agent died in training, his wife and kids are still being denied federal benefits that have been paid out after several similar deaths. The case shows how more grieving families are waiting years and getting denied aid apnews.com/article/offi...
A Border Patrol agent died in 2009. His widow is still fighting a backlogged US program for benefits
When her husband died during a U.S. Border Patrol training program for new agents, Lisa Afolayan applied for the federal benefits promised to families of first responders whose lives are cut short die...
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June 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
AP investigation: 16 years after a Border Patrol agent died in training, his wife and kids are still being denied federal benefits that have been paid out after several similar deaths. The case shows how more grieving families are waiting years and getting denied aid apnews.com/article/offi...
Always great to see when an investigation has impact. Experts are pushing for policy and cultural changes to save lives after my reporting documented a surprising number of recruits dying from heat and exertion at police academies apnews.com/article/poli...
Experts call for action to prevent deaths at US police academies, citing AP investigation
A panel of experts is calling for changes to prevent deaths linked to heat and exertion at the nation’s police academies.
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June 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Always great to see when an investigation has impact. Experts are pushing for policy and cultural changes to save lives after my reporting documented a surprising number of recruits dying from heat and exertion at police academies apnews.com/article/poli...
Really proud of the impactful journalism — and the remarkable AP, Frontline and Howard Centers team that produced it — that was honored today as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. See it here: www.pulitzer.org/finalists/22...
May 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Really proud of the impactful journalism — and the remarkable AP, Frontline and Howard Centers team that produced it — that was honored today as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting. See it here: www.pulitzer.org/finalists/22...
‘It’s going to be devastating’ — apnews.com/article/afge... AFGE president says downsizing after Trump's exec order threatens the union's survival
AFGE president says downsizing after Trump's order threatens the union's survival
The president of the nation’s largest union for federal workers says the organization’s ongoing staff downsizing will devastate the services it provides members and threatens the group’s survival.
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May 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
‘It’s going to be devastating’ — apnews.com/article/afge... AFGE president says downsizing after Trump's exec order threatens the union's survival
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The email went to grantees working on research related to families, asking them to update their contact information in an attached spreadsheet. But the spreadsheet mistakenly included the department’s secret plans to terminate more than 150 research grants. My colleague Ryan J. Foley has the scoop.
apnews.com/article/chil... Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
A Department of Health and Human Services employee has emailed dozens of people this week, mistakenly including plans to slash research related to child safety net programs.
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May 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The email went to grantees working on research related to families, asking them to update their contact information in an attached spreadsheet. But the spreadsheet mistakenly included the department’s secret plans to terminate more than 150 research grants. My colleague Ryan J. Foley has the scoop.
apnews.com/article/chil... Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
A Department of Health and Human Services employee has emailed dozens of people this week, mistakenly including plans to slash research related to child safety net programs.
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May 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
apnews.com/article/chil... Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs