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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

Immigration advocates with the Florida Immigrant Coalition go house to house handing out fliers on July 13th, 2019, in Little Havana in Miami, Florida, in advance of the Trump administration's nationwide immigration enforcement operation targeting migrant families.

Immigrants Are Changing Their Routines Out of Fear, a Survey Finds

Even permanent residents and naturalized citizens report avoiding activities like driving, visiting a doctor, or talking with teachers.

Isabela Dias

Undocumented immigrants leave a U.S. federal court in shackles on June 11th, 2018, in McAllen, Texas.

News in Brief

‘The Border Has Become the United States’: How a New Trump Administration Rule Will Expand Fast-Tracked Deportations

Hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants within the U.S. could be summarily deported without a day in court.

Isabela Dias

Immigrants walk to U.S. Homeland Security buses to be transferred to a U.S. Border Patrol facility in McAllen after crossing from Mexico on July 2nd, 2019, in Los Ebanos, Texas.

Immigration Courts Are Replacing Interpreters With Orientation Videos

The new measure is intended to reduce costs and accelerate proceedings, but even immigration judges are questioning it.

Isabela Dias

News in Brief

The ACLU Is Suing the Trump Administration to Stop Immigration Raids

ICE arrests in 10 cities are supposed to begin on Sunday, targeting mainly families who recently crossed the border.

Isabela Dias

Immigrants wait to be transported to a U.S. Border Patrol processing center after they were taken into custody on July 2nd, 2019, in McAllen, Texas. The immigrants, mostly families from Central America, turned themselves in to border agents after rafting across the Rio Grande from Mexico to seek political asylum in the United States.

News in Brief

Why Did Border Patrol Arrest Fewer People in June?

New arrest numbers highlight the difficulties experts encounter in interpreting migration patterns.

Jack Herrera

A Dunkin' employee places a fresh tray of doughnuts on the shelf in New York City.

The Dunkin’ Lawsuit Over Undocumented Workers Ignores a Basic Reality of the Food Service Industry

Restaurants rely heavily on foreign-born workers, and that's unlikely to change.

Isabela Dias

In Illinois, a Temporary Visitors Driver's License program allows undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license. Applicants must have an Illinois address, prove 12 months of residency in the state, and have a valid passport or consular card to be eligible.

DMV Employees Have Been Accused of Collaborating With ICE. This Isn’t the First Time.

This week, public records revealed how ICE has scanned facial data from millions of driver's license photos. But the agency's collaboration with state DMVs might go deeper.

Jack Herrera

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) attends a press conference following a tour of Border Patrol facilities and migrant detention centers for 15 members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on July 1st, 2019, in Clint, Texas.

News in Brief

Which Reports on Immigrant Detention Conditions Can We Trust?

The government's own internal report confirms some of the claims made by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others this week.

Jack Herrera

Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, and Kirsten Gillibrand participate raise their hands in the second Democratic primary debate.

Economics

What Would Happen If the Government Covered Undocumented Immigrants’ Health Care?

Democrats want health coverage for everybody in America, including the undocumented. What does that mean for folks already getting government-covered health care?

Francie Diep