Shannon Heffernan

LATEST ARTICLES BY Shannon Heffernan

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  Before ICE shooting, immigration agents repeatedly used deadly force

  January 9, 2026 By Shannon Heffernan

  The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.

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  How jails and prisons support ICE

  August 5, 2025 By Shannon Heffernan, Geoff Hing, Beth Schwartzapfel And Jill Castellano

  Through threats and incentives, the Trump administration conscripted local jails, federal prisons and private companies to detain immigrants.

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