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  "path": "/2026/05/26/repub/voluntary-departures-spike-as-immigrants-face-squalid-detention-pressure-to-leave/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T20:05:13.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "Immigration",
    "Justice",
    "Barack Obama",
    "Deportation Data Project",
    "Donald Trump",
    "EOIR",
    "Executive Office for Immigration Review",
    "ICE",
    "Immigration and Customs Enforcement",
    "Joe Biden",
    "Laken Riley Act",
    "Migration Policy Institute",
    "Project 2025",
    "self-deportation",
    "Vera Institute of Justice",
    "voluntary deportation"
  ],
  "textContent": "A surge in voluntary departure agreements in immigration courts is raising concerns that Trump administration tactics are unfairly pressuring immigrants into leaving the United States, even if they have a legal right to stay.",
  "title": "Voluntary departures spike as immigrants face squalid detention, pressure to leave"
}