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 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 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.
Chilling Dissent
Kristi Noem Told Us She Asked for Soldiers to Arrest Protesters — Then She Backtracked
In an email that DHS later walked back, the Homeland Security secretary asked the Pentagon to “direct the military on the ground in Los Angeles to arrest rioters.”
Trump Deploys Marines to a “Manufactured Crisis,” Defense Official Says
A defense official told The Intercept that Trump’s move to use Marines to stifle anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles is a “provocation.”
Voices
LA Protesters Aren’t Inviting Violent Authoritarianism, They’re Mobilizing to Stop It
Adam Schiff and centrist concern trolls have it completely backward: Trump’s immigration crackdown is the source of pervasive violence.
Trump’s Dangerous Decision to Suppress Anti-ICE Protests With Troops
The National Guard’s response to civilian protests has a deadly history made infamous by the Kent State massacre.
ICE Official Reveals Miserable Conditions for U.S. Immigrants at Djibouti Prison
A top ICE official said illness is common at Camp Lemonnier, with inadequate medical care and exposure to smoke from burn pits.
Trump Travel Ban Punishes Victims of the U.S. War Machine
Trump’s latest travel ban hits Afghans who aided the U.S. in its failed 20-year war.