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Two prisoners from earlier round-ups look out from a cell window at the main ICE detention center in downtown Los Angeles on July 14th, 2019.

News in Brief

ICE’s New Policy Will Give the Agency More Discretion to Deport Victims of Crimes

The reversal of long-standing internal guidelines on U-visas might lead to the deportation of immigrants with legitimate claims to legal status.

Isabela Dias

The main ICE detention center is seen in downtown Los Angeles, California, on July 14th, 2019.

ICE Is Detaining More People Than Ever—and for Longer

Between May and July, the average number of days detainees spent in custody went from 28 to 46.

Isabela Dias

A protester unfurls a banner as Democratic presidential hopefuls participate in the second round of the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by CNN at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, on July 31st, 2019.

News in Brief

A Prominent Leader of the Women’s March Was Among Those Removed From the Democratic Debate for Protesting

Detroit police removed a group of protesters that criticized Bill de Blasio's handling of police brutality as well as protesters from an immigrants' rights group.

Kelley Czajka

Activists, including childcare providers, parents, and their children, protest against the Trump administration's family detention and separation policies for migrants along the southern border, near the New York offices of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, on July 18th, 2018, in New York City.

The Trump Administration Is Still Separating Families Over Minor Offenses

At least 911 immigrant children have been separated from their parents at the border since June of 2018.

Isabela Dias

Sandra Sanchez, a Honduran woman and asylum seeker, preparing lunch for her daughter.

Social Justice

The Real Intention Behind the Recent ICE Raids Is Intimidation

While only 35 arrests were reported during the most recent, multi-city raids, the campaigns have caused widespread fear and tangible impacts on the daily routines of immigrant families.

Sarah Holder

A man looks at rocks painted with crosses calling for justice, in allusion to deaths resulting from drug cartels' struggle for control in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on May 28th, 2008.

‘There Is a Hidden Violence’: Jeremy Slack on the Human Tragedy of Deportation

In his new book, Deported to Death, Jeremy Slack undertakes one of the most thorough efforts to date to track the fate of deportees.

Isabela Dias

Migrants seeking asylum in the United States are seen in the Juventud 2000 migrant shelter in Tijuana on March 5th, 2019.

Persecution Based on Family Ties Will No Longer Qualify as Grounds for Asylum, the Attorney General Rules

The decision could affect thousands of asylum seekers fleeing violence, particularly from Central America.

Isabela Dias

A bus transporting immigrants leaves a temporary facility at a U.S. Border Patrol Station in Clint, Texas, on June 21st, 2019. Lawyers who toured the facility said they witnessed inhumane conditions.

News in Brief

Will Congress Approve New Humanitarian Standards for Immigrant Detention Facilities?

The House voted to pass legislation to ensure that migrants have access to water, food, and medical services. But the bill will likely face opposition in the Senate.

Isabela Dias

Asylum seekers in the U.S. are overflowing shelters in Mexico waiting for their claims to be processed.

Social Justice

Legal Asylum Seekers Are Punished by Trump’s Newest Immigration Policy

By choosing to follow migration rules and wait for months at a time, legal asylum seekers will now be subjected to a rule that renders most of them ineligible for migration.

Dara Lind