Can ICE Legally Force Immigrants to Cheer for Donald Trump?
Next week, a court will decide whether ICE can target an immigrant just for exercising their First Amendment rights.
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.
Border Patrol Union Endorses Extremist Video Featuring White Nationalists
“Killing Free Speech” refers to Democrats as “evil” and features white nationalists who make a correlation between gang rapes, Islam, and immigration.
New Documents Bolster Case that Border Patrol Retaliated Against Humanitarian Group
Prosecutors said Border Patrol agents who arrested a No More Deaths activist in Arizona didn’t know about a critical report, but emails show otherwise.
At Largest ICE Detention Center in the Country, Guards Called Attempted Suicides “Failures”
A scathing official report confirmed systemic neglect and abuse that detainees at ICE’s Adelanto immigration detention center have condemned for years.
The Trump Administration Carried Out Thousands More Family Separations Than Previously Acknowledged
An Amnesty International report describes an orchestrated campaign by the Trump administration to seek “the full dismantling of the U.S. asylum system.”
Immigrant Detainee Called ICE Help Line Before Killing Himself in Isolation Cell
Jeancarlo Alfonso Jimenez-Joseph repeatedly brought his suicidal thoughts to the attention of officials at a private ICE detention center run by CoreCivic.
California Border District Reverses Course on a Key Component of Operation Streamline
Judges in San Diego are no longer accepting same-day pleas for illegal entry misdemeanor cases, ending a major aspect of the fast-track prosecution program.
Citing Trump’s Racism, a Federal Judge Restores Protections for Immigrants Fleeing Wars and Disasters
A federal court has suspended the Trump administration’s termination of temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of refugees.
“Zero Tolerance” Pushed Asylum-Seekers to Cross the Border Illegally, DHS Report Confirms
A report by the DHS inspector general also shows that Jeff Sessions and Kirstjen Nielsen lied about prosecuting asylum-seekers at the border.
El Salvador Is Trying to Stop Gang Violence. But the Trump Administration Keeps Pushing Failed "Iron Fist" Policing.
The U.S. government is funding important new gang rehabilitation programs with one hand, and punitive policing with the other.