Mathew Rodriguez

Mathew Rodriguez is a Puerto Rican writer based in Brooklyn. He is a former senior editor at The Atlantic and the HIV news site The Body. He is currently the news editor at Them, an online LGBTQ+ magazine. He is the author of “Tough Guy,” a forthcoming memoir.

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NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - MARCH 23: Federal agents are seen at the JFK airport as ICE agents have begun deploying at some U.S. airports amid the partial government shutdown in New York City, United States, on Monday, March 23, 2026. (Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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ICE at Airports Trains Us to Accept Being Terrorized in Our Daily Lives

Mathew Rodriguez

- Mar. 28

I had an ultimately harmless encounter with ICE at a TSA checkpoint. It was a preview of a new, more sophisticated way to terrorize people.

Mathew Rodriguez

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