Immigration and Customs Enforcement

The latest move comes nearly a year after the jail flip-flopped on whether or not it would house detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Paul J. Essel has been a grants accounting manager at Missouri State since 2019. He is originally from Ghana. Greene County Jail records indicate Essel was detained by ICE in Springfield Wednesday afternoon.

The Sikeston Department of Public Safety and Scott County Sheriff's Office defended the ICE action and disputed claims that agents indiscriminately targeted Hispanic attendees.

The couple's 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother's body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.

On Thursday morning, federal officials raided a food manufacturing facility in Kansas City. The operation is an extension of federal efforts to ramp up immigrant arrests during the World Cup.

In a Facebook post, Ramsingh said living in Mexico allows his family to be closer to friends and relatives in the U.S.

Users can explore information on detention locations, pathways into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, and other data on the immigration enforcement landscape in Missouri.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro denounced the death of Brayan Garzon-Rayo on Wednesday. The 27-year-old man died by suicide while in ICE custody at the Phelps County Jail in Rolla.

The board is intended to hold the CoreCivic facility to its agreements with the city and ensure inmates and employees are being treated fairly.

As arrests have climbed in President Trump's second term, advocates and attorneys across the state say undocumented immigrants live in fear.