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A Phelps County official said the $85 a night the federal government paid per detainee wasn’t covering the increased costs of transportation and additional paperwork.

U.S. Rep. Wesley Bell, D-St. Louis County, was repeatedly challenged at a town hall that drew about 300 people.

Noem told reporters that Illinoisans should focus on the needs of “American citizens” and “make them the priority, because they’re the ones who invested in this country.”

As tensions escalate, the Illinois governor won’t rule out state redistricting in mid-decade.

They say returning to Guatemala isn’t an option — even if they are forced to.

Here’s how much Corporation for Public Broadcasting funds every station in the two states will lose because of the federal rescission package's passage.

Clinics that provide medical services regardless of patients’ ability to pay, like Affinia Healthcare, could lose critical funding from Medicaid if President Trump's legislation passes.

Abide in Love is a group of 50 activists who help detainees contact their families and provide small acts of comfort and kindness, as the Phelps County Jail has become part ICE holding facility.

The protest is one of more than 1,500 across the country, coinciding with President Donald Trump's military parade and 79th birthday and just after two state Democratic leaders were shot in Minnesota.

The protest joins the nationwide chorus of residents pushing back on the Trump administration's mass deportation efforts and the subsequent federalization of the National Guard in Los Angeles.