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IMMIGRATION CRISIS Spotlight PA: Jails Earn Millions Of Dollars Detaining Immigrants For ICE https://apnews.com/article/pennsylvania-jails-ice-revenue-00ece964d9f8e644e735b1f4efe9d04a?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8548pxJ6xFaLJhk_e5UsuE6k7Szqjpczmx3hDrHPysvxNfqQAmFA6fBDEJo2tAjRaoCsXAgV3IbkZSXcjeiU_-Kty3yw&_hsmi=412541607&utm_content=412541607&utm_source=hs_email A group of Pennsylvania counties has billed the federal government more than $21 million in recent years to detain immigrants in their jails, a first-of-its-kind review by Spotlight PA has found. While these agreements predate the second Trump administration by years or even decades, they are receiving new attention as the president executes a mass deportation campaign that relies heavily on local partners. (Huangpu and Ohl) Undark: A DNA Archive Built To Identify Missing Migrants Has Vanished https://undark.org/2026/04/07/missing-migrants-dna-database/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-84SgRVVhbscFMsQTNpGhAN4p9AhcvlF02w2HZY75Mf_bcHkiqf8KMENHioA0_2INFzM88vBPNaER_MmuGqbWxTjce5zA&_hsmi=412541607&utm_content=412541607&utm_source=hs_email In 2016, Irma Carrillo Nevares swabbed the inside of her cheek and signed a consent form allowing the Colibrí Center for Human Rights to add her DNA to its database. Carrillo Nevares’ son and daughter had gone missing while crossing the U.S.-Mexico border 17 years earlier. She was desperate to find out what had happened to them, and Colibrí’s database offered a ray of hope. (Schivone and Tracey, 4/7) ON CAPITOL HILL CNN: The Democrat Vying To Replace Marjorie Taylor Greene Faces A Tall Task, But Republicans Are Still Watching Closely https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/07/politics/georgia-special-election-results-shawn-harris-clay-fuller-marjorie-taylor-greene?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--a1NMxxcNog293DPxStnStHcwgpatqU2k6G8cX55JXdzLEUu6YOpGi3QLoPxJzPOETeDTN178IMWbTBFziAJbjI0iSfw&_hsmi=412541607&utm_content=412541607&utm_source=hs_email The race to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene, the former ally of President Donald Trump turned critic who resigned from Congress in January, advanced to a runoff when neither Democrat Shawn Harris, a retired Army brigadier general, nor Republican Clay Fuller was able to win a majority in a crowded all-party election on March 10. A potential win by Harris would be devastating to the House GOP majority, especially because a special election in New Jersey to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s seat, in just over a week, will almost certainly add another Democrat to House ranks. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson can lose only one vote with his slim majority. Johnson could be looking at a scenario in which he cannot afford to lose a single vote. (English, 4/7)