In El Paso Jails, Immigrants Are Incarcerated Far Past Their Release Dates
In the deep-blue home of Beto O’Rourke, attorneys and advocates are questioning the county’s multimillion-dollar contract to detain migrants and refugees.
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 U.S. Targeted Journalists on the Border. Two Senators Want to Know Why.
Sen. Ron Wyden and Chuck Grassley called on U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide a briefing on the border operations targeting journalists.
How Two Immigration Lawyers Created a Rapid-Response Team to Combat ICE
Two New York attorneys created a “guerrilla habeas” team to fight ICE detentions and deportations.
Muslim Immigrants Sue ICE for Getting in the Way of Religious Observance
“Glades County Detention Center for more than a year has been preventing Somali Muslim men from practicing their faith in various ways.”
Honduran Teen Fled Gangs at Home Only to Be Murdered While Stranded at the U.S.-Mexico Border
The murder of Jorge Ruiz and another teen casts into stark relief the dangers faced by unaccompanied minors at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Justice Department Singled Out This Man in Expanding Efforts to Strip Citizenship. A Judge Doesn't Think the Case Is Open and Shut.
“This administration is overusing the very extreme measure of denaturalization against Muslim and other minority communities.”
Voices
The Supreme Court Will Decide if Census Citizenship Question Is Legal. Democrats Should Also Work to Block It.
House Democrats should use their oversight power to expose the Trump administration’s nefarious reasons for asking about citizenship on the 2020 census.
Immigrant Rights Groups Trash Border Deal: “Immigrant Families Will Pay the Price”
Democrats had pushed for cuts to ICE's detention budget, but ceded that demand in the interest of moving negotiations forward.
How the U.S. Weaponized the Border Wall
The idea of weaponizing the border reaches back to at least the 1970s, when the U.S. began to turn its attention away from the Vietnam War.
Journalists, Lawyers, and Activists Working on the Border Face Coordinated Harassment From U.S. and Mexican Authorities
The Intercept has uncovered a pattern of official harassment aimed at journalists covering migrant caravans in Mexico, as well as attorneys and activists.