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May 26, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
ICE Agents Pepper-Spray Democratic Senator at Protest
The Department of Homeland Security is blaming Senator Andy Kim after he was pepper-sprayed.
May 21, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Feds Forced to Drop Case Against “Broadview Six” Anti-ICE Protesters
Federal prosecutors have dismissed all charges against the protesters after apparent misconduct.
May 20, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Ropes Banks Into His Immigration Crackdown With Wild Order
He wants their help tracking immigrants.
May 19, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Feds Blame Ebola as They Refuse to Bring Back Wrongly Deported Woman
The Department of Homeland Security sent a woman to a country with Ebola, and is ignoring a court order to bring her back.
May 18, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
ICE Agent Charged With Four Counts of Assault in Minneapolis
The Hennepin County District Court charged ICE’s Christian J. Castro after he fired his gun at a Venezuelan immigrant and then lied about it.
May 18, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Has Separated Even More Families Than We Realized
Tens of thousands of U.S.-born children are no longer with their families.
May 15, 2026
Edith Olmsted
ICE Charges Ahead With Building Megaprisons
The Department of Homeland Security is converting warehouses into detention centers.
May 14, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
DHS Is Stepping Up Its Intimidation Campaign Against a Federal Judge
A lawyer for ICE instructed a DOJ attorney to withhold information from U.S. District Judge Melissa Dubose.
May 14, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Border Patrol Chief Quits After Report He Hired Foreign Sex Workers
Mike Banks reportedly traveled abroad to solicit sex workers multiple times over the course of a decade.
May 14, 2026
Matt Ford
Trump Offers U.S. Citizenship to 32 Million Venezuelans
Taking another zany plan by the president seriously because he cannot possibly do so.
May 12, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
ICE Arrests U.S. Citizen a Third Time After He Sues
Leo Garcia Venegas says his case proves how Homeland Security’s immigration policies are unconstitutional.
May 12, 2026
Mark Kawar
This Mexican Border Town Proved the Power of Birthright Citizenship
For decades, people born in Rio Rico, Mexico, were actually born on American soil. Did that make them U.S. citizens?
May 11, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Is Stephen Miller’s Time at White House Finally Coming to an End?
Donald Trump is turning to Miller less and less.
May 8, 2026
Edith Olmsted
ICE Beat Teen at Gunpoint Before Realizing They Had Wrong Person
ICE then dropped the teenager off at a completely random location.
May 7, 2026
Finn Hartnett
ICE Abducts Disney Staff Right Off of Cruise Ship in Sickening Raid
At least 10 staffers were detained, some of whom were zip-tied as they were led off the boat.
May 7, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Florida in Secret Talks With Trump on Closing “Alligator Alcatraz”
Florida says the detention center has become a gigantic money pit.
May 7, 2026
Harry Litman
How ICE Withheld Info From a Federal Judge—and Then Smeared Her for It
ICE issued a press release accusing the jurist of freeing a murderer. Problem: ICE had withheld that very information from her.
May 7, 2026
Timothy Noah
Trump’s Mass Deportation Machine Isn’t Helping Native-Born Workers
The first major study of Trump’s crackdown’s effect on labor markets shows it’s only making things worse for the U.S.-born workers it’s supposed to help.
May 6, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Kristi Noem Stooge’s Congressional Bid Fails Spectacularly
Madison Sheahan was behind some major screwups during her time at the Department of Homeland Security.
May 5, 2026
Edith Olmsted
GOP Finds Way to Give ICE Even More Money—With Way Less Accountability
Senate Republicans are putting forward a new reconciliation package for immigration enforcement.
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