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How the Prison Industry Became a Booming Business
CoreCivic’s CEO called the Trump administration “one of the most exciting periods” of his career.
By Bianca Tylek
Their Immigrant Parents Voted for Trump. Now Trump Is Cracking Down on Immigrants.
“We are being targeted, but they're voting for the people who are doing the targeting."
By Alisha Sahay
Who Was Mahmoud Khalil Before ICE Took Him Away?
We spoke to the former Columbia grad student’s friends and former coworkers.
By Anvee Bhutani
This Young Lawmaker Went Viral on TikTok for Calling Out Dems Voting for Trump’s Agenda
Angelita Morillo wants Democrats to grow a spine.
By Angelita Morillo
Trump’s Mass Deportations Are Coming. Here’s What We Can Do.
This moment calls for action.
By Irene Franco Rubio and Silky Shah
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
By Nikki Marín Baena
The Many Unseen Financial Costs of DACA
This June marks the 10-year anniversary of the DACA program.
By Jacqui Germain
I Might Have to Self-Deport As Soon As I Finish College
Even though I’ve lived in the U.S. with a visa since I was 4 months old.
By Pareen Mhatre
Advocates Fear ICE Wants to Defy Biden's Deportation Moratorium
"I do worry that ICE remains loyal to the nativist ideology of Donald Trump."
By Lucy Diavolo
How Sanctuary Cities Became a Political Flashpoint
In 2016, state legislatures introduced 11 bills on sanctuary cities. In 2017, that number rose to 150.
By Loren Collingwood and Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien
2020 Is a Chance to End the School-to-Prison-and-Deportation Pipeline
But only if candidates are willing to take action.
By Anthony Villaneda Martinez
Immigration Activists Put Biden in the Hot Seat at the Detroit Democratic Debate
The Cosecha Movement wants immigration front and center in the 2020 campaign.
By Rachel Janfaza
Orange Is the New Black Has Powerful ICE Detention Stories This Season
“I hope the audience sees we all have a part in this.”
By Lucy Diavolo
ICE Is Holding LGBTQ and Disabled Detainees in Solitary Confinement, Report Says
"After that first or second week, I lost my mind."
By Lucy Diavolo
Students March for Classmate Facing Deportation Court on Graduation Day
"Free Thomas."
By Lucy Diavolo
The Unusual Immigration Case of 21 Savage
An Atlanta-area immigration lawyer breaks it down.
By Lucy Diavolo
I Met With Lawmakers to Ask Them to Stop Deporting People Like My Father
"I want them to do something about this."
By Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
What Goes Through an Immigration Activist's Mind the Day Before Her Deportation Hearing
“Some of us don’t get or don’t have the privilege to make mistakes."
By Danielle Campoamor
A Swedish Student Stopped a Deportation With a Facebook Live Protest
"I am doing what I can to save a person's life."
By Kate Leaver
A Judge Freed the Immigrant Pizza Delivery Man Detained on the Job
Pablo Villavicencio has been freed, after a delivery to an Army base landed him in ICE custody.
By De Elizabeth