At least 11 defendants stayed in jail cells longer than the law allows, in what former prosecutors and criminal lawyers see as a violation of their constitutional rights.
As ICE detains more immigrants and detention centers exceed capacity, the agency is turning to local jails. Allison McCann, a reporter and graphics editor for The New York Times, visited one jail holding detainees in Ohio.
The case of Orville Etoria highlights a tension in President Trump’s deportation agenda, in which immigrants can be sent abroad and detained indefinitely.