Undocumented Immigrants Archives

A woman sits in the exam room at a Planned Parenthood health center on in West Palm Beach, Florida.

The Trump Administration Argues Against Abortion Rights for Minors in Immigrant Detention

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.

Emily Moon

A security guard checks cars at the entrance to Casa Padre, a former Walmart that is now a center for unaccompanied immigrant children, on June 24th, 2018, in Brownsville, Texas.

Social Justice

Threatened Shutdown of Failing Immigrant Children Shelters Could Cause a Crisis

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.

Topher Sanders & Michael Grabell

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrest an undocumented Mexican immigrant during a raid in New York City on April 11th, 2018.

Social Justice

Research Tells Us That Immigration Does Not Lead to Higher Crime Rates

Conservatives see Mollie Tibbetts' murder as proof of a need for more stringent immigration policies. Here's why they're wrong.

Emily Moon

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

Social Justice

A New ICE Report on Undocumented Immigrant Crime Lacks Hard Statistics

The Victims of Immigration Crime (VOICE) office's quarterly report offers case studies, but it does not include statistics on crime rates.

Francie Diep

Social Justice

Inside a Housing Facility for Undocumented Children

Interviews with numerous former employees at facilities run by Southwest Key network, the largest licensed shelter provider for immigrant children caught crossing the border.

Kavitha Surana & Robert Faturechi

Protesters march outside a federal detention center holding migrant women on June 9th, 2018 in SeaTac, Washington.

Social Justice

An Obama-Era White House Official Breaks Down the Current State of Immigration Policy

Former Department of Homeland Security official Peter Boogaard weighs in on immigration policy under Trump.

Ashley Hackett

A man is searched while being in-processed at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement center on April 28th, 2010, in Phoenix, Arizona.

Social Justice

Immigration Agencies Are Facing Accusations of Rampant Racial Profiling

But holding the agents accountable has proven especially difficult considering the accusers are often undocumented immigrants with limited legal rights.

Kavitha Surana

Social Justice

In a Desperate Search for Detention Space, the U.S. Moves 1,600 Immigrants to Federal Prisons

Over the weekend, 1,600 people being detained at the border were transferred to federal prisons because current detention infrastructure can no longer house the overwhelming number of detainees.

Ashley Hackett

Demonstrators protest Trump administration policy that enables federal agents to separate undocumented migrant children from their parents at the border on June 5th, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.

Social Justice

U.S. Border Stations Are Now Overflowing With Migrant Children

Customs and Border Protection agents are running out of space to shelter the hundreds of migrant children who have been separated from their parents at the United States border as part of the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy.

Ashley Hackett