Nine Humanitarian Activists Face Federal Charges After Leaving Water for Migrants in the Arizona Desert
The group No More Deaths says the charges are part of a ramped-up effort to crack down not only on migrants, but on the groups that help them.
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As ICE Targets Immigrant Rights Activists for Deportation, Suspicious Vehicles Outside Churches Stoke Surveillance Fears
ICE is entering and surveilling churches, immigrant rights activists said, after two New Sanctuary leaders were targeted by authorities for deportation.
U.S. Border Patrol Systematically Destroyed Water Supplies Left for Migrants in Desert, Report Says
Humanitarian groups say they've documented vandalized water tanks along the U.S.-Mexico border in harsh landscapes where migrants often perish.
Private Prison Continues to Send ICE Detainees to Solitary Confinement for Refusing Voluntary Labor
CoreCivic officials in rural Georgia locked an immigrant ICE detainee in solitary confinement as punishment for encouraging other detainees to stop working.
Ignoring Violence in El Salvador, Trump Ends Years of Special Protective Status for Immigrants
The current iteration of the TPS program for El Salvador has been in place for nearly 20 years, and many of its beneficiaries have American families.
“They’re Taking Everybody” — Videos Show Texas Troopers Ripping Apart Immigrant Families During Traffic Stops
Dashcam videos obtained via open records requests show the Texas Highway Patrol is now actively participating in Donald Trump's deportation machine.
Top Trump Official John Kelly Ordered ICE to Portray Immigrants as Criminals to Justify Raids
A February directive to ICE officials across the country to portray undocumented immigrants as criminals came directly from then-DHS Secretary John Kelly.
Leaked ICE Guide Offers Unprecedented View of Agency’s Asset Forfeiture Tactics
An internal “Asset Forfeiture Handbook” instructs ICE agents on how to appraise property before seizing it.
ICE Detainee Sent to Solitary Confinement for Encouraging Protest of “Voluntary” Low-Wage Labor
A Haitian immigrant held at a privately run facility was disciplined for encouraging a work stoppage despite ICE requirements that all work be voluntary.
Texas Sheriff Broke Promise To Keep ICE Out of Local Jails
The fight over "sanctuary" cities prompted a policy reversal on cooperating with ICE — imperiling Austin’s immigrants and at least one U.S. citizen.