Trump’s Budget Bill Would Explode Funding for ICE. Top Democrats Aren’t Talking About It.
Democrats denounced the bill’s cuts to Medicaid and attempted to rebrand it as “One Big, Ugly Bill.” They didn’t mention its handouts to ICE.
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.
Trump’s Budget Just Passed the Senate. Brace for a Massive Increase in ICE Raids.
The budget gives $175 billion to immigration enforcement. “The orders of magnitude are going to be multiplied,” immigration experts say.
Want a Student Visa? The U.S. Government Needs Your Vine Account.
How are student visa applicants supposed to share their accounts on platforms that haven’t existed in years, like Google+?
“No Right Is Safe”: SCOTUS Bars Judges From Reining in Trump
The Supreme Court halted courts from issuing national injunctions, forcing “judges to shrug and turn their backs to intermittent lawlessness.”
Trump’s Global Gulag Search Expands to 53 Nations
The Trump administration is seeking deals with more and more nations to hold deportees — now with the blessing of the Supreme Court.
Community Defense Groups Take the Last Stand Against ICE in LA
Organizers argue that LA’s sanctuary laws aren’t enough to keep their immigrant neighbors safe.
Mahmoud Khalil Won His Freedom Despite the Best Efforts of ICE’s Intelligence Unit
Homeland Security Investigations once targeted human traffickers and cartels. Now it’s leading the charge against student protesters.
The Intercept Briefing
Trump’s GI Joe-Cosplaying “Goon Squads” Sow Terror — and Solidarity
ICE agents are arresting day laborers and raiding businesses across the country. They didn’t expect community resistance.
ICE Agent Fled From Angry Residents Outside New York School — and Got in a Car Crash
Masked and unidentified ICE agents lurking near schools and homeless shelters spark fear and confusion in majority-Latino enclaves outside New York.
Chilling Dissent
LAPD Won’t Do Immigration Enforcement — But Will Shoot You With Rubber Bullets for Protesting ICE
LA’s sanctuary laws ban cops from helping ICE in most cases. But the LAPD was out in full force repressing protests against the raids.