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Immigration Detention
May 14, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Judge Sends Clear Message to Trump While Freeing Georgetown Scholar
A judge has ordered the release of Georgetown University postdoctoral fellow Dr. Badar Khan Suri.
April 30, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Columbia Student Has Clear Message for Trump After Judge Frees Him
Mohsen Mahdawi was part of the pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University.
April 18, 2025
Marin Scotten
Trump Kicks Citizen Off Social Security in Anti-Immigrant Purge
Donald Trump has sought to punish immigrants by booting them off Social Security.
April 11, 2025
Grace Segers
What the Supreme Court Got Wrong About Habeas Petitions
The sunny take on the high court’s recent ruling on the Alien Enemies Act was that it was a victory for due process. But for migrants, the real world looks very different from the justices’ blinkered view.
April 8, 2025
Marin Scotten
Lawyer Representing Student Protester Detained by Immigration Agents
Amir Makled, a U.S. citizen, was detained by federal agents at an airport for 90 minutes.
April 7, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Border Czar Tried to Deport His Own Neighbors. It Didn’t Work.
ICE has released a woman and her three children after their entire town rallied around them.
March 20, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
ICE Detained His Wife. He Still Doesn’t Regret Voting for Trump.
A Wisconsin man is struggling to free his Peruvian wife from ICE detention.
March 19, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Dealt Huge Blow as Judge Allows Mahmoud Khalil Case to Continue
The judge has ordered the case to be moved to New Jersey.
March 18, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
ICE Detains Prominent Immigration Activist in Grim Sign for Future
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained Jeanette Vizguerra outside her job.
March 17, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Supporter Questions His Vote After Immigrant Wife Detained
A Wisconsin resident voted for Donald Trump. Then ICE agents detained his Peruvian wife at the airport.
March 7, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Supporter Detained by ICE Questions His Vote
ICE briefly detained a U.S. citizen who voted for Donald Trump.
December 6, 2021
María Inés Taracena
Haitian Asylum-Seekers Are Being Mistreated in ICE Detention
As the media moves on from the horrors of Del Rio, Haitian asylum-seekers allege brutal conditions in an ICE facility in New Mexico.
August 27, 2021
Jordan Levy
Why ICE Is Leaving New Jersey County Jails
Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill banning new contracts with ICE, but advocates want detained immigrants released, not just moved out of state.
May 14, 2020
Laura Weiss
Trump’s Deportation Flights Are Inflaming the Pandemic
After baselessly accusing migrants of bringing coronavirus to the U.S., the administration is endangering the lives of infected detainees.
March 19, 2020
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Felipe De La Hoz
My Life in ICE Detention During the Coronavirus Outbreak
“If I’m going to get the coronavirus, I’m going to get it from an officer before I get it from an inmate.”
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