A Member of Congress Tried to Go to an Immigration Activist’s ICE Check-in. ICE Tried to Block Her.
”It’s a way for ICE to continue doing their work in the shadows, like secret police. It’s much easier to detain someone when nobody’s watching.“
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.
ICE Courthouse Arrests in New York Increased 1,700 Percent Under Trump
The courthouse operations have been coupled with increased reports of ICE agents using physical force to take undocumented immigrants into custody.
Trump's Shutdown Offer Creates a De Facto Asylum Ban for Central American Minors
The GOP offer to Democrats would require Central American minors to request asylum from their home countries and sets a cap for granting asylum.
Trump's Border Wall Would Destroy Historic Gravesites in South Texas
A stop on the Underground Railroad and an early African-American burial site in South Texas are endangered by the first section of Trump's border wall.
As Trial Starts for Border Humanitarian Volunteers, New Documents Reveal Federal Bureaucrats’ Obsession With Stopping Activists
The activists are on trial for leaving lifesaving supplies along a deadly migrant route — or what the government considers “littering.”
William Barr May Be Worse on Immigration Than Jeff Sessions
William Barr, Trump’s nominee for attorney general, has a long record of immigration extremism.
The Border Patrol Has Been a Cult of Brutality Since 1924
Since its founding, the U.S. Border Patrol has arguably been the most politicized and abusive branch of federal law enforcement.
Voices
There Is a Real Border Crisis. A Wall Would Only Make It Worse.
No “crisis of the heart” has ever been fixed with steel slats.
Newly Released FOIA Documents Shed Light on Border Patrol’s Seemingly Limitless Authority
After a four-year legal battle, the ACLU obtained more than 1,000 pages of CBP training documents, which were shared exclusively with The Intercept.
A Somali Immigrant Was Deported, Then Returned. His Georgia Community Is Still Reeling From the ICE Raid That Ensnared Him.
Ibrahim Musa was one of nine Atlanta-area Somalis picked up by ICE in April 2017. That raid shocked the local immigrant community — and upended Musa's life.