The War on Immigrants

As the Trump administration has ratcheted up its vicious crackdown on immigrants, The Intercept has been reporting from the front lines and the borderlines — exposing the lies and the inhumanity of U.S. immigration enforcement agencies.

The War on ImmigrantsCameroonian Asylum-Seekers at the Border Are Fleeing a U.S.-Backed Military Force

Joe Penney — Dec. 1

Some 10,000 Cameroonians have tried to ask for asylum in the U.S. since 2016, many of them escaping brutal treatment by an elite Cameroonian military unit.

The War on ImmigrantsHumanitarian Volunteer Scott Warren Reflects on the Borderlands and Two Years of Government Persecution

Ryan Devereaux — Nov. 23

A jury found Scott Warren not guilty in the government’s second attempt to lock him up for providing humanitarian aid on the border in Arizona.

The War on ImmigrantsNew Senate Bill Would Curtail ICE’s “Unnecessary Overuse of Solitary Confinement”

Spencer Woodman — Nov. 14

The bill is the first legislation prompted by an ICIJ and Intercept investigation into ICE’s rampant misuse of solitary confinement.

The War on ImmigrantsLawyers and Scholars to LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters: Stop Helping ICE Deport People

Cora Currier — Nov. 14

Universities and immigration lawyers should not be funding data brokers who ultimately endanger future clients, says a new petition.

The War on ImmigrantsGovernment Doesn’t Want Trump or His Immigration Policies Mentioned in Retrial of Border Aid Worker Scott Warren

Ryan Devereaux — Nov. 11

A new poll shows that most Americans oppose criminalizing aid, a reality U.S. attorneys hope to keep out of the Arizona courtroom where Warren is on trial.

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