U.S. Border Agencies Continue to Harass Immigrant Rights Advocates. The ACLU Is Suing.
A lawsuit alleges the Trump administration’s border enforcement agencies illegally and unconstitutionally exploited their border enforcement authorities.
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.
Months After ICE Raids, an Impoverished Mississippi Community Is Still Reeling
Some 300 people arrested during August raids at Mississippi chicken plants remain detained, while the companies have received no legal penalties.
Despite U.S. Asylum Ban, Honduran Women Fleeing Violence Remain Undeterred
The Trump administration has placed significant roadblocks to asylum in the way of Central American women in particular.
Progressive Groups Rally Around Candidates for Sheriff Seeking to Reform Police Cooperation With ICE
Sheriffs for Trusting Communities is backing two candidates in Virginia and one in Louisiana who are running on a plan to end police cooperation with ICE.
U.S. Border Officials Use Fake Addresses, Dangerous Conditions, and Mass Trials to Discourage Asylum-Seekers
U.S. border officials are putting fake addresses on asylum paperwork. When asylum seekers fail to show up for hearings, they are being deported in absentia.
Sweeping Language in Asylum Agreement Foists U.S. Responsibilities onto El Salvador
If the agreement goes into effect, the U.S. will start deporting people to El Salvador wherever they may be from.
An Asylum Officer Speaks Out Against the Trump Administration’s “Supervillain” Attacks on Immigrants
An asylum officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services described being horrified by what the asylum interview process has become under Trump.
With Trump in Office, Newspapers Increasingly Quoted Anti-Immigrant Groups Without Explaining Who They Were
A new study found that, as far-right groups gained influence in the halls of power, major newspapers quoted them without noting their nativist bent.
How Solitary Confinement Kills: Torture and Stunning Neglect End in Suicide at Privately Run ICE Prison
Guards at an ICE jail put Efraín Romero de la Rosa in solitary confinement despite a diagnosis of schizophrenia. He killed himself after 21 days.
40 Percent of ICE Detainees Held in Solitary Confinement Have a Mental Illness, New Report Finds
The report from the Project on Government Oversight builds on an ICIJ and Intercept investigation into ICE’s widespread use of solitary confinement.