Advocates see these laws as a critical shield for immigrant communities, but Trump’s team is devising ways to bypass them.
Facing torture if returned to their homelands, immigrants are detained for years as appeals drag on.
Expensive per-minute fees make calls unaffordable for many migrant detainees, who can earn as little as $1 a day working in ICE facilities.
Dozens are relocated by ICE, cutting them off from their attorneys and, sometimes, their families.
Migrants released by ICE after dark often must rely on the kindness of strangers and sheer luck or risk spending long nights on the street.
After a lifetime in the U.S., a Cambodian-born parolee faces imminent expulsion unless California’s governor grants him clemency.
With knowledge of personal details, ICE imposters have coaxed thousands of dollars from fearful relatives of detainees.
The planes reconfigure from “ultra-luxurious” aircraft for athletes to mass deportation machines for migrants.
Despite campaign promises, Biden hasn’t slowed down Trump’s ‘main engine of deportation.’
Cervantes, a progressive policy expert, explains what has and hasn’t changed for immigrant workers under the Biden administration.
Detained immigrants are at risk on ICE Air’s charters, which face minimal regulation by aviation watchdog agencies.
The expedited process doesn’t require Republican support and may be the best chance for reform in decades.
Advocates say the new approach could help transform the country’s immigration system.
The “insidious” expansion is creating new physical and psychological harms, advocates say.
Biden talked the talk on border policy during the campaign, but has been a different guy since becoming president.
One big question will be whether Biden is as willing as his predecessor to use his far-reaching presidential powers to reshape policy.
Immigrant rights advocates claim that the abuses of the criminal legal system parallel institutional injustices against migrants.
Migrant advocates are heartened by Biden’s pledge to reverse many of Trump’s signature actions—but want him to go much further.
An adviser for Physicians for Human Rights says that immigrant family separation cases meet all four United Nations criteria for torture.
Nearly 70 videos of detainee testimony serve as evidence of crimes committed against immigrant children.