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June 16, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Customs Officials Deport Man for Reporting on Pro-Palestine Protests
Writer Alistair Kitchen says he was targeted for his coverage of the Columbia University protests.
May 28, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Judge Rips Government for Acting Illegally in Harvard Scientist Case
Trump’s immigration war has suffered another massive blow in the case of Russian scientist Kseniia Petrova.
April 25, 2025
Marin Scotten
Trump Fires Top Official Over Loose Ties to “Anonymous” Author
Donald Trump’s need for payback could soon interfere with the rest of his agenda.
April 16, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Here’s How Much Money Trump’s Tariffs Are Actually Making
Donald Trump promised his tariffs would make the country rich.
April 11, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Um, It Turns Out No One at the Ports Is Collecting Trump’s Tariffs
A technical “glitch” has created the biggest hiccup in Trump’s tariffs rollout.
March 19, 2025
Felipe De La Hoz
No One Is Safe From America’s Abusive Immigration Authorities Anymore
Even legal residents and tourists are being terrorized by Trump-emboldened officers at ICE and CBP.
March 18, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Deported Immigrants Over Tattoos. Here’s What They Really Mean.
Donald Trump has accused more than 200 recently deported Venezuelans of being “gang members.” Here are their stories.
February 6, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Sues His Least Favorite City Over Immigration
The Justice Department is taking aim at so-called “sanctuary cities” and states.
January 20, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump’s Inauguration Is Already Causing Havoc at the Border
Day One of Donald Trump’s presidency is off to a dreadful, heartbreaking start.
May 1, 2024
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Felipe De La Hoz
The Racist Origins of America’s Broken Immigration System
How a little-known, century-old law perpetuated the odious notion that certain types of immigrants degrade our nation’s character
February 28, 2024
Jack McCordick
Why We Should Open U.S. Borders
John Washington has spent years reporting on the U.S.-Mexico border. In a new book, he makes the case for its abolition.
August 24, 2023
Aina Marzia
Their School Days Start With Customs Officers—and Searing Heat
For the thousands of kids who cross the U.S.-Mexico border each day for school, hotter days are making a fraught experience more uncomfortable—and dangerous.
November 25, 2020
Laura Weiss
The Government’s Human Cruelty Will Outlive Trump
Immigration agencies won’t suddenly clean up their act when the president leaves office. What’s Biden going to do about their systemic abuses?
January 7, 2020
Aaron Miguel Cantú
How Democrats Abetted Trump’s Bloated Border Regime
Congress has funneled billions of dollars to the White House's anti-immigration enforcement arms. Here's how that money has been spent.
September 12, 2019
Aaron Miguel Cantú
Inside Trump’s Border Chaos
Thousands of asylum-seekers were released into towns and cities near the border, straining local resources. Was the resulting havoc a product of negligence, incompetence, or something more sinister?
May 31, 2018
Matt Ford
Cruelty Is Trump’s Only Immigration Policy
The president is inflicting harm for the sake of inflicting harm.
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