Housing advocates, immigrants' rights groups, social policy think tanks, and public housing management organizations have united in opposition to the rule.
Now that Trump has ousted officials who opposed a shock-and-awe arrest campaign, funding limitations may present the most serious barrier to such a plan.
Nationally, traffic violations constitute the plurality of charges leading to ICE detention.
A federal court has decided to allow the administration to continue sending asylum seekers back to Mexico as the lawsuit against the Remain in Mexico plan makes its way through the legal system.
The new plan could mean more asylum claims will be denied, according to advocates.
A social worker explains how the president's latest memo could affect asylum seekers as they await the outcome of their court proceedings.
Under a new plan, people who have been in the country for up to two years would be treated as if they just crossed the border—and they could be swiftly deported.
A recent arrest put armed militias patrolling the southern border in the public spotlight, but they have a lineage as long as the border itself.
But understanding why the detained population fluctuates so significantly is more complicated than looking at the number of beds.
Attorney General William Barr's decision will make thousands of asylum seekers ineligible for bond—which could significantly increase the number of people ICE tries to detain.
A federal judge in San Francisco has issued a preliminary injunction against the Migrant Protection Protocols.
Details were still emerging on Thursday, but one aspect of the arrest stood out to advocates: the fact that, by all indications, the raid did not need to happen.
The number of people arrested crossing the southern border skyrocketed last month, according to new statistics. But what's happening is more complicated than the numbers show.
We've highlighted Pacific Standard's best stories on the national emergency over a border wall.
What the agency actually wants is the funding to detain more people than ever before.
ICE officers have expanded their scope to target all undocumented immigrants, regardless of background.
The Supreme Court just granted Dreamers a lifeline.
Multiple courts across the country have issued injunctions preventing to the administration from repealing DACA. But that does not mean the program has been saved.
Immigrant rights analysts warn that there's much room for error in the SSA's records—and that notifications could cost people their jobs.
Jin Park, a Harvard pre-med student, became the first DACA recipient to win a Rhodes Scholarship after a rule change made him eligible.
Social science (and history) shows that repealing birthright citizenship is rarely an effective solution for an overburdened nation.
A new report reveals disorganization and a lack of communication between the government agencies responsible for apprehending undocumented migrants and caring for migrant children separated from their families.
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.
Despite its numerous failures in keeping the children it's housing safe, an Arizona facility may keep its federal funding due to a lack of other options.
