Jonah Valdez for the Intercept looks at a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement program offering money to unaccompanied children in exchange for agreeing to be deported. "The operation — which immigration rights advocates said was called `Freaky Friday,' though ICE denied the name — is a part of President Donald
The BBC reports that Apple has pulled an ICE-spotting app called "ICEBlock" (as well as "similar apps") from its store. The app has also been removed from Google Play. US Attorney General Pam Bondi "demanded" removal on the basis that such apps pose an
An investigative article published this week by Avi Asher-Schapiro, Jeff Ernsthausen and Mica Rosenberg of Pro Publica looks at Tom Homan's business dealings after serving in the first Trump administration. The Big Beautiful Bill authorized $45 billion for immigration detention. And, as the article highlights, Homan's
Earlier this week, while speaking with the press, Pope Leo stated: "Someone who says 'I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States,' I don't know if that's pro-life." He
The Patel Motel Story is a short documentary about how it is that 60% of U.S. hotels and motels are owned by immigrants from India and their descendants. To put that figure in context, Indian Americans make up just 1.5% of the total U.S. population. The movie&
Today's immigration class focused on the admission process. As you might imagine, one of the central themes was waiting. Waiting for your employer to decide to file an EB petition. Waiting for prevailing wage information. Waiting on the DOL. Waiting on USCIS. Waiting on visa availability. I love
The photographs in this story document the work and unique culture of indigenous farmworkers from southern Mexico who are now employed in farms up and down the West Coast. The images also document a new environment in the context of the current wave of ICE raids and anti-immigrant hysteria. People
The saga of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland resident who was wrongfully removed and imprisoned in El Salvador, ordered returned by the Supreme Court, and indicted for trafficking immigrant workers. Earlier this week, an immigration judge denied Abrego Garcia's latest effort to seek asylum. The court rejected a
Despite the federal government shutdown, the Department of Homeland Security continues immigration enforcement. “Despite a lapse in funding, ICE will continue to remove the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens including rapists, pedophiles, murderers, gang members and terrorists from our country. Thanks to the Trump Administration’s signature piece
The White House has released a memo regarding the "Democrat Plan to Fund Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants." That plan, the White House argues in a press release today is the reason for the government shutdown: "Democrats and their Fake News allies want you to believe it’s
Muzaffar Chishti and Kathleen Bush-Joseph for the Migration Policy Institute look at the Trump administration's expansion of expedited removal. The article reviews the history of expedited removal and the Trump administration’s efforts to expand its application.
In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and police repression, Haymarket Books offers a reading list about border and police abolition. Check it out.