South Louisiana ICE Processing Center
Coverage of South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in the Nexus archive.
- Hopkins researcher detained by ICE transferred to rural Louisiana
Fatima Ameaka, a public health researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for allegedly overstaying a visa and transferred to a detention facility in Louisiana. She was detained at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport on July 28 and is now held in the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center.
- ICE separated Nashville mom from infant daughter against its own rules, complaint alleges
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents allegedly arrested a nursing mother without a warrant, violating their own directive against arresting pregnant or nursing individuals. The mother, referred to as Maria Perez, was separated from her infant daughter and toddler, causing medical complications for her children and herself. Immigrant rights groups filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security demanding her release.
- Mother of two arrested by ICE in Nashville
Maria Perez, a mother of two seeking asylum from Guatemala, was arrested by ICE in Nashville while taking her children to the doctor. Perez, who has no criminal history and is breastfeeding, was detained at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center, leaving her children, including one with Down syndrome, in a neighbor's care. The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition claims the arrest violates ICE policy and has filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security.
- Nursing mother of 2, including one with Down syndrome, arrested by ICE in Nashville as she seeks asylum from domestic violence
A breastfeeding mother of two children, including one with Down syndrome, was arrested by ICE in Nashville while taking her children to the doctor. The woman, using the pseudonym Maria Perez, is seeking asylum from domestic violence and faces detention despite a 2021 ICE policy that limits arrests of nursing or postpartum individuals unless required by law or exceptional circumstances.
- Former Louisiana detention officer sentenced to three years in federal prison for sexual abuse of a detainee
David Courvelle, 56, a former contract detention officer at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center, was sentenced to three years in federal prison for sexual abuse of a ward. He engaged in prohibited sexual contact with a female detainee, provided her gifts, and arranged for other detainees to act as lookouts during encounters. The victim stated she felt pressured to perform sexual acts.