Immigration and Customs Enforcement

83 posts

Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.

Nayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after the difficult birth of her daughter. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE

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11 Min
By: Mel Leonor Barclay, Shefali Luthra

Immigration raids expected to escalate in North Carolina as locals organize to protect their neighbors

As the impacts of the raids quickly ripple outward from Charlotte, North Carolinians are mobilizing to stem enforcement operations in their communities

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11 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Scores of NYC volunteers prepare for potential military deployment to their communities

Organizers report signs of an impending immigration enforcement operation after Trump threatened action against New York City if Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race

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5 Min
By: Maurizio Guerrero

New England educators and students brace for ICE raids

As ICE steps up raids across the country, educators and students in New England are on edge, worried about arrests and disruptions in their schools

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4 Min
By: Shruti Rajkumar

Private prison executives revel in profiting off ICE arrests in earnings calls

Second-quarter earnings calls reveal how GEO Group and CoreCivic are championing and profiting from Trump’s mass deportation agenda

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6 Min
By: Eliza Dewey

Disabled immigrants detained at notorious California facility report abuse and neglect

Disability Rights California found inhumane and unlawful conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, where a 39-year-old man died last month

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5 Min
By: Reina Sultan

Another way out: How denying reality aids fascism

Fascism doesn’t just thrive on hate—it also feeds on denial. As institutions crumble and history is rewritten, the refusal to confront reality becomes one of the most dangerous political acts of all

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5 Min
By: William C. Anderson

Deported after reporting sexual assault: A Florida worker’s fight for justice

Jennyfer told police that her manager assaulted her. Within weeks of reporting, she was charged with a DUI and deported to Nicaragua

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9 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Arrested for being Iranian: How a war in the Middle East gave ICE new targets at home

After the U.S. joined Israel’s war against Iran in June, ICE arrests of Iranian immigrants surged, data shows

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7 Min
By: Kourosh Ziabari, Meghnad Bose

Chicago fights back against Trump administration’s sweeping violence

ICE raids and attacks against protesters have brutalized Chicago-area communities. But local organizers are committed to coming together to protect their neighbors

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5 Min
By: Noah Berlatsky

Under Trump, the criminal legal system now targets another population: Green card holders

While there is little public data about the number of lawful permanent residents targeted at ports of entry, a recent uptick in reports leaves many immigrants fearful of traveling abroad

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6 Min
By: Maurizio Guerrero

New helpline aims to help incarcerated people evade the ‘prison-to-ICE deportation pipeline’

Freedom for Immigrants recently launched Project Keep Away, a first-of-its-kind hotline, in two California women’s prisons

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3 Min
By: Tamar Sarai

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