Shannon Najmabadi, Author at Reveal

The J.J. Pickle Federal Building in downtown Austin. The building's basement is used to temporarily house migrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Immigration, Inequality, The Trump Era

Across the country, basements, offices and hotels play short-term host to people in ICE custody

by Shannon Najmabadi August 29, 2018June 30, 2021

The temporary holding facilities often come as a surprise to the unsuspecting civilians who work or live nearby.