Deportation Archives

Social Justice

Jeff Sessions Wants to Reopen 350,000 Immigration Cases

As of September of 2018, over 350,000 immigration cases had been closed and never re-opened, saving some immigrants from deportation and allowing judges to move through cases more quickly.

Ashley Hackett

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrest an undocumented Mexican immigrant during a raid in New York City on April 11th, 2018.

Social Justice

ICE Arrests 225 People in a Six-Day New York Raid

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested 225 individuals in a potent six-day raid in New York, a declared sanctuary city.

Ashley Hackett

Venezuelan citizens cross the Simon Bolivar international bridge from San Antonio del Tachira in Venezuela to Norte de Santander province of Colombia on February 10th, 2018.

Social Justice

Colombia Fails to Cope With Venezuela’s Refugee Crisis

With crisis-stricken Venezuela spilling refugees into Colombia and Brazil, politically expedient deportations make the situation worse.

Dylan Baddour

People protest against the deportation flight of refugees to Afghanistan at the airport in Düsseldorf, Germany, on January 23rd, 2018.

News in Brief

Viewfinder: Protests in Germany Against Afghanistan Refugee Deportation

People protest against the deportation flight of refugees to Afghanistan at the airport in Düsseldorf, Germany, on January 23rd, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

A father and his daughter walk through the South Texas countryside after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into the United States to seek asylum on April 14th, 2016, in Roma, Texas.

Social Justice

The Trump Administration Is Close to Deporting Hundreds of Thousands of Salvadorans

The administration is set to rule on whether to extend temporary residency protections for Salvadorans.

Massoud Hayoun

Members of the Vietnamese community celebrate on a float at the Portland Rose Festival parade.

Social Justice

Some Fear That Vietnamese Americans Could Be at Greater Risk for Deportation

As Trump moves to sanction countries that don't accept deportees, analysts warn that U.S. residents of Vietnamese origin no longer have the same protections.

Massoud Hayoun

News in Brief

How ICE Is Targeting Undocumented Children Housed and Protected by Their Relatives

Across the country, people who have taken in young undocumented relatives are being swept up in what ICE calls a crackdown on guardians who pay human smugglers.

Hannah Dreier