The War on Immigrants
“Theater of Compliance”: New Report Details How ICE Escapes Detention Center Oversight
Complaints from more than 150 people locked in a for-profit immigration jail in New Mexico call ICE’s inspection process into doubt.
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
Following a Spike in Migrant Deaths, a New Law Could Help Identify the Dead
A rare piece of bipartisan legislation recognizes the humanitarian crisis on the border while aiming to bring closure to families.
Border Patrol Politicization Was Explicit Under Trump. It's Up to Biden to Contain It.
The next head of DHS will need to grapple with the insular, hard-right worldview held by influential border and immigration officials.
The War on Immigrants
Will Biden Dismantle Trump’s Immigration Police State?
As Biden confronts Trump’s immigration legacy, the long shadow of the Obama era creeps in.
The War on Immigrants
The Trauma of Trump’s Border Wall
The destructive legacy of Trump's border wall campaign cannot be measured in miles alone and will not be easily undone.
The War on Immigrants
Trump Administration Shields Racist Border Patrol Facebook Members
A House committee will subpoena CBP over its failure to produce documents related to a secret Border Patrol Facebook group.
The War on Immigrants
Border Patrol Leaves Migrants in Remote Town as Deaths Rise
Dumping hundreds of migrants in the remote Mexican border town of Sasabe puts them at risk from organized crime.
Trump’s Turn From Immigration to the Enemy Within
Trump’s shift from demonizing immigrants to targeting leftists is straight out of the fascist playbook.
Proud Boys Rally Fizzled but Portland’s Cops Went on the Attack
Dozens of riot cops chased protesters and the press, pummeling them with fists and clubs following an order to disperse.
Indigenous Activists Arrested and Held Incommunicado Following Border Wall Protest
Two O’odham women arrested at the border were taken to a private prison where they were denied access to the outside world.