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 ImmigrantsThousands of Immigrants Suffer in Solitary Confinement in ICE Detention

Spencer Woodman, Maryam Saleh, Hannah Rappleye, Karrie Kehoe — May. 21

Locked for weeks or months in solitary cells, mentally ill and vulnerable detainees are plagued by anxiety, anger, depression, and suicidal impulses.

The War on ImmigrantsA Homeland Security Whistleblower Goes Public About ICE Abuse of Solitary Confinement

Maryam Saleh, Spencer Woodman — May. 21

Ellen Gallagher's yearslong effort to draw attention to ICE's use of solitary confinement was met with a maze of bureaucratic indirection and indifference.

The War on ImmigrantsBorder Official Admits Targeting Journalists and Human Rights Advocates With Smuggling Investigations

Ryan Devereaux — May. 17

A Customs and Border Protection official confirmed that the agency had launched investigations of journalists and immigrant rights advocates on the border.

The War on ImmigrantsSome Adoptees Are Undocumented Because Their Parents Forgot to Fill Out a Form. Now Congress Is Taking Action.

Daniel A. Medina — May. 14

Between 25,000 and 49,000 people who were adopted by American parents as children live in fear of deportation because they never got citizenship.

The War on ImmigrantsNo More Deaths Trial Opens as More Bodies Discovered Along Arizona-Mexico Border

Ryan Devereaux — May. 14

As the federal littering trial of No More Deaths volunteer Scott Warren took place in Ajo, Arizona, volunteers recovered human remains in the desert nearby.

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