Calls to Abolish ICE Are Becoming More Mainstream. Is Washington Ready for the Conversation?
The movement to abolish ICE has found its footing on Capitol Hill, but many in Congress are resistant to dissolving the agency without viable alternatives.
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.
Thomson Reuters Defends Its Work for ICE, Providing “Identification and Location of Aliens”
The company is under pressure from Privacy International for its nearly $30 million in ICE contracts via two subsidiaries.
Federal Judge Frees Salvadoran Teen Accused of Gang Ties, Pens Lengthy Rebuke of His Detention by ICE
Immigration lawyers welcomed the 46-page opinion dismantling the government’s case as “a condemnation of lawlessness, of fake law.”
Help Us Find the Children the Trump Administration Has Taken From Their Parents
We are partnering with other news organizations to gather vital information about the children in immigration detention centers and shelters.
DNA Testing Might Help Reunite Families Separated by Trump. But It Could Create a Privacy Nightmare.
Companies like 23andMe and MyHeritage have offered free DNA kits to help unite immigrant families. Immigration and privacy advocates are not so enthused.
“No One Will Believe Baboon Complaints” — Racist Abuse in Immigration Detention on the Rise in Trump Era, Report Says
“Dehumanizing words go hand in hand with dehumanizing policies,” says a new report from Freedom for Immigrants.
Trump Aims to Dismantle Protections for Immigrant Kids and Radically Expand the Family Detention System
An internal email makes clear that expanding family detention — done in the name of keeping families together — is at the heart of the Trump agenda.
“Set the Babies Free!” — Tensions Escalate on the Border as Immigrant Parents Search for Separated Children
Hundreds of protesters descended on a Border Patrol facility, yelling to the children inside, “Los vemos! Los queremos!” “We see you! We love you!”
Debora Barrios-Vasquez Took Sanctuary in a Church Because ICE Separates Families Every Day
Sanctuary was an alternative to an impossible choice: dash her American son’s dreams of working for NASA, or allow herself to be deported without him.
Two Boys Sue the U.S. Government for Separating Them From Their Fathers
It’s been nearly a month since the families were separated. Only one of the boys has been able to speak to his father.