Detention

Peter Brown remained locked in a county jail for weeks, as county officials waited for immigration authorities to deport him to Jamaica—a country he had never lived in.

• By Jack Herrera

Hundreds of family asylum seekers were released in Arizona this week without shelter, overwhelming churches and non-profits as communities scrambled to accommodate them.

• By Jack Herrera

The case—Brett Kavanaugh's first as a Supreme Court justice—deals with mandatory detention laws to keep immigrants in prisons during trials, even if they aren't a public danger or flight risk.

• By Jack Herrera

The Department of Justice urged a federal appeals court to overturn a judge's order blocking officials from restricting abortion access for minors in immigrant detention.

• By Emily Moon

A collection of some of our most important and timely stories, from a feature story on the perils and possibilities of gene-drive to a photo essay documenting camels—and the people who have kept them—around the world.

• By Pacific Standard Staff
• Member Exclusive

The Department of Homeland Security maintains that it does not habitually separate detained asylum-seekers from their children without just cause.

• By Massoud Hayoun

The Australian government has been dealing with a refugee crisis that is the product of decades of complex social and political circumstances.

• By Geraldine Cremin

Only a tiny percentage of detained immigrants have attorneys, leaving even those with solid cases to stay in the United States to fend for themselves.

• By Patrick G. Lee

Why the state needs to crack down on its predatory prosecutors—fast.

• By Ted Scheinman