Democrats Are Resurfacing a Gun Control Bill That Contains an Anti-Immigrant Amendment
H.R. 8 would expand background checks — but mandate gunsellers notify ICE when an undocumented immigrant tries to purchase a gun.
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.
Hacked Emails Show GOP Demands on Border Security Were Crafted by Industry Lobbyists
Demands that CBP spend millions to upgrade cameras used to read license plates were orchestrated in part by a company that hoped to profit.
If the Justice Department Prevails in a Florida Courtroom, More Americans May See Themselves Stripped of Citizenship
Closing arguments were heard on Tuesday for Parvez Khan, who could lose citizenship status after living in the U.S. for almost three decades.
As Immigrants Become More Aware of Their Rights, ICE Steps Up Ruses and Surveillance
“ICE’s mission is to apprehend people that it believes shouldn’t be in our communities and it will go to great lengths to do that, particularly in the face of increased knowledge of rights.”
In Letter to ICE, Sen. Chuck Grassley Joins Call for Answers on Solitary Confinement
Sens. Chuck Grassley and Richard Blumenthal are demanding answers from ICE, citing an ICIJ and Intercept investigation into its use of solitary confinement.
How the Border Patrol Began Its Investigation Into No More Deaths Volunteer Scott Warren
Newly unsealed documents detail the tip that led the Border Patrol to zero in on humanitarians rescuing migrants in the Arizona desert.
“Do We Believe in Asylum? If We Do, We Need to Stop This Rule”: Trump Policy Upends Protections at U.S.-Mexico Border
A new rule bars asylum for people who passed through another country on the way to the U.S. Advocates call it “plainly illegal.”
Trump's "Remain in Mexico" Policy Exposes Migrants to Rape, Kidnapping, and Murder in Dangerous Border Cities
The U.S. government’s Migrant Protection Protocols, or “Remain in Mexico,” in fact puts migrants in grave danger.
Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost Was a Member of Secret Facebook Group
Three months after her appointment as chief of the Border Patrol, Carla Provost posted in the “I’m 10-15” Facebook group.
From the Mediterranean to Mexico, Capt. Pia Klemp Believes Rescuing Refugees Is Worth Facing Prison Time
If governments are criminalizing people who “show basic human decency, then I think that shows that we’re doing something very right.”