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U.S. Deports Belizean Immigrant Who Led Hunger Strike at Adelanto ICE Jail

HeadlineJun 16, 2026

An immigrant from Belize and leading organizer of an ongoing hunger strike at the Adelanto ICE jail in California has reportedly been deported. The Immigrant Defenders Law Center says Kyon Shakeel Swaso was transferred to various detention facilities in Texas and Louisiana without notice, before being deported in what advocates believe is retaliation for his organizing. His deportation came just days after Swaso spoke out about inhumane conditions at Adelanto with members of Congress and his legal team. The Adelanto ICE jail is operated by the for-profit private prison company GEO Group, which also runs the Delaney Hall ICE jail in Newark, New Jersey, where a labor and hunger strike led by detained immigrants reportedly continues after nearly a month.

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