The War on Immigrants
CBP Agents Can Have Gang Tattoos — as Long as They Cover Them Up
U.S. immigration officials have sent people to CECOT because of what they deemed gang tattoos. CBP grooming standards allow them.
Noah Hurowitz
Noah Hurowitz is a reporter focusing on federal law enforcement. Prior to working at The Intercept, he covered immigration, organized crime, and the war on drugs. He is based in New York City.
Noah is the author of “El Chapo: The Untold Story of the World’s Most Infamous Drug Lord,” and his work has appeared in many publications including New York Magazine, Business Insider, and Rolling Stone.
Noah is the author of “El Chapo: The Untold Story of the World’s Most Infamous Drug Lord,” and his work has appeared in many publications including New York Magazine, Business Insider, and Rolling Stone.
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The War on Immigrants
ICE Agents Are Camped Outside Immigration Courts to Make Arrests
The tactical shift accelerates the erosion of limits on ICE — and appears to be aimed at speeding up the pace of deportations.
Chilling Dissent
Nonprofit Killer Provision Quietly Disappears From Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill”
Trump tried to sneak the controversial measure in, but after far-right Republicans tanked the larger bill, the nonprofit provision disappeared.
Republicans Sneak Nonprofit Killer Bill Into the Tail End of Trump’s 389-Page Tax Plan
It would give the Trump administration the power to strip the tax-exempt status of any nonprofit it deems a “terrorist-supporting organization.”
The War on Immigrants
“They Actually Had a List”: ICE Arrests Workers Involved in Landmark Labor Rights Case
“We are concerned at the appearance of targeting publicly pro-union worker leaders,” said a union official about a raid in western New York.
The War on Immigrants
Family Detained in Immigration Raid in Tom Homan’s Hometown Is Released
Residents of Sackets Harbor, New York, protested the detention of a mother and her three school-aged children.
The War on Immigrants
Trump’s Border Czar Faces Backlash in His Hometown for Locking Up a Local Family
Tom Homan is taking heat in Sackets Harbor, New York, after ICE agents detained a mom and her three children in a raid.
Twelve Days in Kobane, Where Syrian Kurds Are Under Attack by Turkey
Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Turkey and its militias have cut off the Kurdish city of Kobane from the rest of Syria.
Syrian Activists Feared Assad’s Retaliation. His Fall Frees Them to Speak Openly.
The Syrian regime’s ouster unleashed a collective unmasking across the country and its vast diaspora.
Just Say No: Congress Considers Neocon Lesson Plans to Keep Kids Off Communism
Lawmakers will soon vote on a bill directing a nonprofit to draft curriculum on atrocities carried out by communist regimes.