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.
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.
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.
Arizona Judge in No More Deaths Case Had Secret Talks With Federal Prosecutors
The humanitarian group No More Deaths has been at the center of a Trump administration crackdown on aid work for migrants in southern Arizona.
A Family Braves Floods, Rats, and Hunger in Tijuana as They Wait for a Chance to Ask for Asylum
“We want to cross the bridge and we want them to hear our claims,” said a Honduran man who joined others from the refugee caravans in a hunger strike.
Donald Trump's Travel Ban Faces a New Day in Court
This week, a federal court will hear arguments in a case challenging the Trump administration's failure to implement a waiver system for the travel ban.
An Immigrant Journalist Faces Deportation as ICE Cracks Down on Its Critics
Journalist Manuel Duran believes he was targeted because of his coverage of law enforcement’s collaboration with ICE in Memphis’s Latino community.
Voices
Photos of Children Being Teargassed Stoke Outrage — While Playing into Trump’s Manufactured Border Crisis
Tear gas is a tool of repression — but it also produces the kind of image that feeds Trump’s made-up notion of a border crisis.
In South Texas, Border Residents Struggle to Cope With the Latest Military Surge
Border communities still remember when a U.S. Marine assigned to a drug interdiction task force mistakenly shot and killed an 18-year-old boy.
“The United States Is Not a Safe Country”: Canadian Advocates Want to End a Policy That Turns Asylum-Seekers Back to U.S.
Canada's Liberal government is standing by the Safe Third Country Agreement, an arrangement that is increasingly hard to defend in the age of Trump.
ICE Arrests at New York City Courthouses Are Increasing — This Video Captures One
ICE arrests of immigrants at or near New York City courthouses have spiked dramatically in recent months.