The War on Immigrants
Documents Detail ICE Campaign to Prosecute Migrant Parents as Smugglers
Newly released ICE documents shed light on the genesis of President Donald Trump's family separation policy.
Ryan Devereaux
Ryan Devereaux is an award-winning investigative journalist and Type Media Center fellow covering immigration enforcement, national security and the environment.
He was a lead reporter on The Intercept’s award-winning series “The Drone Papers,” and winner of the 2017 Online Journalism Award for best feature writing for a small newsroom. In 2020, Devereaux received the Deadline Club’s top prize for feature reporting for “Bodies in the Borderlands,” a yearlong investigation into the criminalization of humanitarian aid in the Sonoran Desert, and in 2023 he shared an Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting for his coverage of Arizona’s illegal dumping of shipping containers as an ad hoc border barrier on protected public lands. He has reported extensively on the drug war in Mexico, the war on terror, and the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to The Intercept, Devereaux worked at The Guardian US covering policing in New York City.
His forthcoming book, “The Hunt: A True Story of Resurrection and Retribution in the West,” from Avid Reader Press, will be published in 2026. He is based in Tucson, Arizona.
He was a lead reporter on The Intercept’s award-winning series “The Drone Papers,” and winner of the 2017 Online Journalism Award for best feature writing for a small newsroom. In 2020, Devereaux received the Deadline Club’s top prize for feature reporting for “Bodies in the Borderlands,” a yearlong investigation into the criminalization of humanitarian aid in the Sonoran Desert, and in 2023 he shared an Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting for his coverage of Arizona’s illegal dumping of shipping containers as an ad hoc border barrier on protected public lands. He has reported extensively on the drug war in Mexico, the war on terror, and the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to The Intercept, Devereaux worked at The Guardian US covering policing in New York City.
His forthcoming book, “The Hunt: A True Story of Resurrection and Retribution in the West,” from Avid Reader Press, will be published in 2026. He is based in Tucson, Arizona.
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The War on Immigrants
Homeland Security Used a Private Intelligence Firm to Monitor Family Separation Protests
LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, a Virginia-based firm, gathered information on more than 600 family separation demonstrations across the country.
The War on Immigrants
The Bloody History of Border Militias Runs Deep — and Law Enforcement Is Part of It
The Border Patrol appeared unconcerned when a border militia carrying AR-15s decorated with Punisher skulls captured hundreds of immigrants.
The War on Immigrants
The U.S. Targeted Journalists on the Border. Two Senators Want to Know Why.
Sen. Ron Wyden and Chuck Grassley called on U.S. Customs and Border Protection to provide a briefing on the border operations targeting journalists.
The War on Immigrants
Journalists, Lawyers, and Activists Working on the Border Face Coordinated Harassment From U.S. and Mexican Authorities
The Intercept has uncovered a pattern of official harassment aimed at journalists covering migrant caravans in Mexico, as well as attorneys and activists.
The War on Immigrants
ICE Courthouse Arrests in New York Increased 1,700 Percent Under Trump
The courthouse operations have been coupled with increased reports of ICE agents using physical force to take undocumented immigrants into custody.
The War on Immigrants
As Trial Starts for Border Humanitarian Volunteers, New Documents Reveal Federal Bureaucrats’ Obsession With Stopping Activists
The activists are on trial for leaving lifesaving supplies along a deadly migrant route — or what the government considers “littering.”
The War on Immigrants
Arizona Judge in No More Deaths Case Had Secret Talks With Federal Prosecutors
The humanitarian group No More Deaths has been at the center of a Trump administration crackdown on aid work for migrants in southern Arizona.
The War on Immigrants
ICE Arrests at New York City Courthouses Are Increasing — This Video Captures One
ICE arrests of immigrants at or near New York City courthouses have spiked dramatically in recent months.
The War on Immigrants
The Military’s Justification for Sending Thousands of Troops to the Border Is the Opposite of the Truth
Trump's military campaign to secure the midterm elections, Operation Faithful Patriot, has a lot in common with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.