Immigrants Are Fighting for Their Rights Even Behind Bars Immigrants Are Fighting for Their Rights Even Behind Bars
Hunger strikers in ICE’s El Paso detention center are demanding that their voices be heard.
Feb 15, 2019 / Michelle Chen
21 Savage Is Every Immigrant 21 Savage Is Every Immigrant
The rapper’s dramatic arrest is typical of ICE’s race-baiting and fear-mongering.
Feb 7, 2019 / Chris Gelardi
Debora Barrios-Vasquez Took Sanctuary in a Manhattan Church to Avoid Deportation Debora Barrios-Vasquez Took Sanctuary in a Manhattan Church to Avoid Deportation
Then she wrote a play about it—and gave the story a happier ending.
Oct 22, 2018 / Laura Gottesdiener
Zero Tolerance for Internment Camps Zero Tolerance for Internment Camps
When the Supreme Court becomes Trump’s tool, it falls to us to protect our Constitution.
Jun 29, 2018 / Linda Sarsour
ICE Is Sending a Message to the World’s Asylum Seekers: The US Is No Place of Refuge ICE Is Sending a Message to the World’s Asylum Seekers: The US Is No Place of Refuge
Separating children from their family members, imposing excessively long detention, and other ways the immigration bureaucracy is making life impossible for asylum seekers.
May 29, 2018 / John Washington
It’s Time to Abolish ICE It’s Time to Abolish ICE
A mass-deportation strike force is incompatible with democracy and human rights.
Mar 9, 2018 / Editorial / Sean McElwee
This HIV-Positive Gay Asylum Seeker Was Granted a Stay of Deportation. Why Did He End Up Back in Mexico? This HIV-Positive Gay Asylum Seeker Was Granted a Stay of Deportation. Why Did He End Up Back in Mexico?
One man’s asylum case reveals a disorganized, backlogged court willing to contradict its own decisions to “score another deportation victory.”
Feb 13, 2018 / John Washington
For Immigrants in Trump’s America, the Dystopian Future Has Already Arrived For Immigrants in Trump’s America, the Dystopian Future Has Already Arrived
Documented and undocumented, young and old, immigrants are being swept up throughout the country.
Feb 13, 2018 / Moustafa Bayoumi
Ravi Ragbir Was Freed by the Movement He Helped Build Ravi Ragbir Was Freed by the Movement He Helped Build
While it was a judge who ordered Ragbir released, it was immigration-rights activists who brought him home.
Jan 29, 2018 / Jake Offenhartz
Why Numbers Alone Obscure the Real Deportation Story Why Numbers Alone Obscure the Real Deportation Story
The total number of deportations is down under Trump, but don’t confuse that with leniency.
Dec 28, 2017 / Editorial / Julianne Hing