Immigration Archives

News in Brief

A FOIA Request Seeks Information on the Government’s Plan to House Immigrants at a Superfund Site

The request was filed as the Trump administration works to build detention centers at Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo and Fort Bliss in El Paso.

Max Ufberg

People protesting the cancelation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals rally on the steps to the Capitol Building on December 6th, 2017.

Social Justice

DACA Was ‘Saved’ Last Week. Now, Is a Texas Judge Going to Kill It?

After a year of battle in the courts, young immigrants fear that their protection from deportation could soon end.

Jack Herrera

A lit sign at the entrance to Facebook's corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, California.

Social Justice

How Facebook’s Political Ad Verification Policy Stifles Immigration Activists

The social media company says it's working to resolve concerns that the policy will silence countless activists, particularly undocumented people decrying the Trump administration.

Massoud Hayoun

Protesters chained together at the wrist block traffic from passing on the road to the Otay Mesa Detention Center during a demonstration against U.S. immigration policy that separates children from parents, in San Diego, California, on June 23rd, 2018.

Social Justice

Protesters Occupy the Entrance to a Private Prison Company’s Headquarters in Tennessee

Dozens of protesters on Monday shut down the Nashville, Tennessee, entrance to the headquarters of CoreCivic, a private prison company whose government contracts include immigrant detention.

Jack Herrera

The Lede, Issue #27: A Dispatch From Border Country, Finding Climate Change Clues in Ancient Ice, the Next Generation of ISIS, and More

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Pacific Standard Staff

Supporters listen as President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Elkhart, Indiana, on May 10th, 2018.

Social Justice

Regional Immigration, Local Segregation: The Toxic Mix That Triggers Whites’ Fears

New research suggests neighborhood-level diversity can reduce perceived threat, but regional diversity has the opposite effect.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

Following Trump’s Immigration Crackdown, Migrants Are Taking More Dangerous Routes Into the U.S.

The president continues to mold his anti-immigrant rhetoric into the most restrictive American border policy to date. Experts and advocates worry this double-down on deterrence will make 2018 an especially deadly year for migrants in search of refuge.

David Leffler

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested hundreds in Florida and Puerto Rico in March of 2018.

News in Brief

Philadelphia Will Not Renew Its Data-Sharing Agreement With ICE

The end of the contract comes amid concerns that customs enforcement was using the information to target law-abiding undocumented immigrants.

Ian Hurley

Children and workers are seen at a tent encampment recently built near the Tornillo Port of Entry on June 19th, 2018, in Tornillo, Texas.

Social Justice

Legal Filings Reveal That Immigrant Shelters Are Overmedicating Unaccompanied Minors

Lawsuits agains the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services reveal a pattern of immigrant shelters prescribing powerful psychotropic drugs without receiving informed consent.

Caroline Chen & Jess Ramirez

Migrants walk toward the El Chaparral port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico, on June 21st, 2018.

Social Justice

What Happens If the Government Misses the Deadline for Family Reunification?

Most likely, a federal judge will just extend the deadline.

Emily Moon