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Judges ruled deporting at-risk migrants home could lead to persecution or torture. ICE is detaining them anyway.

This article was originally published by the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. Sign up for their newsletter here. On an August day in 2025, Celestin Dima had reason to celebrate. A judge at Arizona’s Eloy Immigration Court had just ruled that sending the African asylum-seeker back to his home country would likely bring further persecution. […]

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