Trans People Have Disappeared From ICE Records, Against Congressional Orders
The Trump administration has made efforts to "erase" transgender people, who face violence and medical neglect behind bars.
The War 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 Private Prison Industry Looks Forward to Soaring Profits Thanks to Trump’s Budget
The $45 billion for immigration detention in the "Big, Beautiful Bill" represented a long-sought win for private prisons.
Trump’s Big Beautiful Gift to Anduril
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act requires all new border surveillance towers to be certified "autonomous." Only Anduril's fit the bill.
How The Intercept Fought to Reveal Key Evidence in Student Deportation Cases
In critical cases involving pro-Palestine speech, The Intercept convinced courts to make the full dockets public.
Georgia Police Arrest Farmworkers — Then Get Warrants From DHS
Georgia authorities said their goal was to serve warrants for crimes against children. Instead, they swept people up and got immigration detainers after the fact.
ICE Said They Were Being Flown to Louisiana. Their Flight Landed in Africa.
An Intercept investigation shows that immigration officials deceived the men now expelled to South Sudan.
Trump Administration Expels Eight Men to War-Torn “Third Country” South Sudan
The Supreme Court is helping the Trump administration expand its deportation regime — and restrict immigrants’ rights to object for fear of torture.
Documenting ICE Agents’ Brutal Use of Force in LA Immigration Raids
Video analysis of reveals how federal agents in Southern California regularly use force against unarmed individuals, many of them U.S. citizens.
“Are We At Risk?” Wave of ICE Arrests Strikes Fear in Iranian Communities
Iranian immigrants to the U.S. already faced higher scrutiny. After the U.S. waded into Israel’s war on Iran, ICE seems to be targeting them.
Supreme Court Lets Trump Banish Immigrants to South Sudan
Only one of the eight immigrants set to be expelled to South Sudan is from that nation.