The Border Patrol Is Systemically Failing to Count Migrant Deaths
With record levels of migrants perishing in the desert, border agents are flouting a new law requiring tallies of the dead.
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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Joe Biden Detained Tens of Thousands of Asylum-Seekers in the Last Year
The president’s immigration policies forced refugees into detention, where they faced “horrific abuse and mistreatment,” a rights group says.
Biden Faces Moment of Truth on Renewing ICE Contract for Notorious Florida Jail
With a contract deadline looming, rights groups want the administration to stop detaining immigrants at the Glades County Detention Center.
Border Aid Groups Fear Supreme Court Will Entrench a Humanitarian Disaster
With support for advocates on the ground flagging, a new poll shows record lows for Democratic interest in immigration.
“Jan 6th is gonna be crazy. … lol”: DHS Officials Expected Violence at the Capitol, Kept It to Themselves
A new report from the DHS Office of Inspector General documents intelligence officials joking about Democrats being hanged.
The War on Immigrants
A Pastor’s Legal Fight Against CBP Exposes a Reckless Surveillance Operation
Kaji Dousa’s lawsuit identified the CBP officials who blacklisted activists and journalists under Trump — and uncovered a web of lies and inconsistencies.
Arizona Attorney General Manufactured an "Invasion" at the Southern Border
Mark Brnovich is pushing for a war that would, according to DHS data, impact families seeking refuge from Latin America’s most tumultuous places.
Greg Abbott’s Border Theater Is Having Disastrous Consequences for Everyone Involved
National Guard troops have decried the Texas governor for their hasty deployment, while migrants are being thrown into a constitutionally dubious legal process.
Migrants Detained in Texas Border Operation Are Fighting Back — and It’s Not Going Well for Gov. Greg Abbott
A Texas judge ruled that the state’s arrests of migrants caught crossing the border is an unconstitutional encroachment on federal authority.
Inside Mexico’s Historic Lawsuit Targeting U.S. Gun Companies
The $10 billion claim takes aim at the industry’s greatest legal shield, aiming to succeed where U.S. victims of gun violence routinely fail.