‘They’re torturing me’: ICE uses solitary confinement to scare people into self-deporting

One immigrant was sent to solitary confinement for refusing to self-deport. A teenager lost 20 pounds. One man attempted suicide. Experts say it's unconstitutional.

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‘They’re torturing me’: ICE uses solitary confinement to scare people into self-deporting

One immigrant was sent to solitary confinement for refusing to self-deport. A teenager lost 20 pounds. One man attempted suicide. Experts say it's unconstitutional.

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Tucson pastor ordered restored to competency to face criminal charges

Pastor Isaac Noriega is incompetent to stand trial for failing to report child sexual abuse, a Pima County judge ruled. But he was ordered into a restoration-to-competency program.

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Grandmother languishes 9 months in detention as ICE holds more elderly people; family says dementia worsens in Arizona facility

Family says 79-year-old detainee Julia Benitez’s dementia has worsened during months in Arizona ICE custody, as advocates warn more elderly immigrants are being held without humanitarian release.

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Afghans who risked their lives for U.S. still separated from families after 4 years

Trump’s travel ban prevents most Afghan immigrants from reuniting with their wives and children who have been stuck abroad for four years.

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Indictment: Tucson church pastor failed to report child sex-abuse claims

A Star investigation found that Isaac Noriega, pastor of Tucson's Golden Dawn Tabernacle, covered-up alleged child-sex abuse for decades. He now faces criminal charges.

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Tucson ‘cult' church member molested boy hundreds of times in pews, new victim alleges

A boy said he was molested repeatedly in the pews of his Tucson church, the Golden Dawn Tabernacle. The church's "cultish rules" kept him silent — until now.

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Man charged with child-sex crimes after Star's investigation of Tucson church

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Jose Mora, 57, before he was arrested on suspicion of five counts of child molestation.

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Indictment: Tucson church pastor failed to report child sex-abuse claims

A Star investigation found that Isaac Noriega, pastor of Tucson's Golden Dawn Tabernacle, covered-up alleged child-sex abuse for decades. He now faces criminal charges.

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Trump is gutting an agency that gave $300 million to Wisconsin mental health initiatives

The funding brought innovative programs to Wisconsin that gave hundreds of rural students access to mental health care in their school buildings, offered free therapy sessions and found kids who

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As our kids battle a rise in suicide and self-harm, we’re gutting the funding to fight it

Mental health issues among children are rising, and school officials say it's a crisis. At the same time, millions in federal aid for mental health was cut and state funding

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‘Cult’ church member molested small boy while his children napped, new victim says

Jonathan Santos, 23, said a member of his former Tucson church molested him when he was about 8 years old. He's coming forward now to support another victim of the

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‘Cult’ church member molested small boy while his children napped, new victim says

Jonathan Santos, 23, said a member of his former Tucson church molested him when he was about 8 years old. He's coming forward now to support another victim of the

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Man charged with child-sex crimes after Star's investigation of Tucson church

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Jose Mora, 57, before he was arrested on suspicion of five counts of child molestation.

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Man charged with child-sex crimes after Star's investigation of Tucson church

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Jose Mora, 57, before he was arrested on suspicion of five counts of child molestation.

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Videos show 'Message' pastors preach against interracial marriage across U.S.

One former member of the sect said he felt “inferior” as a Black teenager because of his church’s racist beliefs on mixed race relationships.

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Videos show 'Message' pastors preach against interracial marriage across U.S.

One former member of the sect said he felt “inferior” as a Black teenager because of his church’s racist beliefs on mixed race relationships.

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Videos show 'Message' pastors preach against interracial marriage across U.S.

One former member of the sect said he felt “inferior” as a Black teenager because of his church’s racist beliefs on mixed race relationships.

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Twisted Message: A prophet’s unchecked global sect

A religious sect called “The Message” has spread worldwide — and also sprouted destructive “cults.” An investigation exposes the child abuse, misogyny and manipulation in some of the faith’s subgroups...

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Tucson 'cult' church's former members experience ‘freedom,’ possibilities after escape

Dancing for the first time. Celebrating holidays. Seeing the ocean. For people in one strict Tucson church, leaving has meant freedom to do 'wrong' things that others find normal.

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Tucson's Sabino Canyon a pilgrimage site for followers of 'prophet' Branham

Tucson's Sabino Canyon is a pilgrimage site for followers of preacher William Branham. He said he had mystical experiences there, including a sword materializing in his hand.

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Health officials ignored as pandemic raged through Tucson church

The COVID fatality rate in a Tucson church was 10 times higher than that of Pima County, estimates show. The pastor ignored health officials and continued services as congregants died.

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Arizona trailer park cult that brutalized more than 100 children exposed 60 years later

The 'prophet' who founded a sect called The Message hailed this Arizona trailer park as an ideal community in the 1960s. Survivors say they suffered hellish abuse as children there.

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Listen: Alleged child molester from Tucson ‘cult’ church responds to questions

Listen to the audio recording and read the transcript of an interview with an alleged child molester in Tucson's Golden Dawn church.

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He admitted to molesting a boy. And his Tucson church protected him for years.

A member of a Tucson church admitted he molested a boy. The pastor said he knew and never went to the police, flouting state laws that mandate reporting of such

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Her father was a 'Message' pastor — and then he started a polygamous cult

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How one Virginia woman persevered through abuse, oppression in Christian 'cult'

Women were told never to cut their hair, one of the many rules controlling them. Women who disobeyed "weren't worth a good, clean bullet," the sect's founder taught.

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