U.S. Embassy Memos Offer a Glimpse Into the “Devastated” Lives of Refugees Rejected by the Travel Ban
Memos from U.S. embassies in Ethiopia and Jordan to the State Department highlight the impact of Trump's executive order on vulnerable refugees.
Cora Currier
Cora Currier is a freelance editor in Los Angeles. A former story editor and reporter at The Intercept, she has written on war, surveillance, immigration, and other topics. She previously worked at ProPublica and the New Yorker, and her writing has appeared in Bookforum, the New Republic, Columbia Journalism Review, The Nation, and elsewhere. She is a co-founding editor of the feminist magazine Lux.
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Documents Reveal the Behind-the-Scenes Chaos of the Muslim Ban
Internal emails show border officials frantically adjusting their response to the president's soon-overturned ban.
Emboldened by Trump, U.S. Border Officials Are Lying to Asylum Seekers and Turning Them Away
Advocates filed a class-action suit over the treatment, which was described to The Intercept by asylum seekers and lawyers in Tijuana.
Born in the United States, Learning to Live in Mexico
In Tijuana schools, families with deported or undocumented parents give up educational opportunities in order to keep close to one another.
Flimsy Evidence and Fringe Sources Land People on Secretive Banking Watchlist
The World-Check database includes a baby and groups like Human Rights Watch, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, and Greenpeace.
“Trump Says We Don’t Have to Let You In” — Report Says U.S. Border Officials Are Turning Away Asylum Seekers
A report released today by Human Rights First alleges that officials at the U.S.-Mexico border have been routinely and illegally turning away asylum seekers.
At Border Security Expo, Officials Dismiss Trump’s Wall: “I’ve Got 200-Foot Bluffs on My Border”
At an industry meet-up, the wall was played down, but surveillance technology and hard-line policies were talked up.
Border Officials Float Big Ideas for Mining Social Media
At an industry conference, security officials envision aggressive data-mining technology for vetting travelers and immigrants.
“Why Did You Come to the United States?” Central American Children Try to Convince Courts They Need Protection
A new book by Mexican author Valeria Luiselli depicts the ways the U.S. failed in responding to the crisis of children arriving from Central America.
Lawmakers Move To Stop Warrantless Cellphone Searches at the U.S. Border
A bipartisan bill would require CBP agents to get a warrant to search Americans’ phones or laptops, or to access their social media accounts.