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  "path": "/2026/05/26/repub/voluntary-departures-spike-as-immigrants-face-squalid-detention-pressure-to-leave/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-26T15:29:13.000Z",
  "site": "https://missouriindependent.com",
  "tags": [
    "Economy",
    "Immigration"
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  "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. Voluntary departures during the second Trump administration reached 89,494 cases as of May 1, according to a Stateline analysis of immigration […]",
  "title": "Voluntary departures spike as immigrants face squalid detention, pressure to leave"
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