News & Commentary about ICE and Border Patrol Abuses

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Demonstrators standing in front of a mobile billboard that says, “It’s past time to end Trump-era policies at the border.”

Mar 22, 2022

Five Things to Know About the Title 42 Immigrant Expulsion Policy

Migrants in line to seek asylum in Matamoros, Mexico.

Mar 2, 2022

My Family Came to Seek Asylum, But Found Danger Instead

Jan 27, 2022

Why Is America So Keen on Separating Families?

A group of signs on the ground protesting harmful immigration policies, some of which read “No Human Is Illegal,” and “Help Not Death.”

Jan 7, 2022

The Biden Administration is on the Wrong Side in This Crucial Supreme Court Immigration Case

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle is seen next to migrants after they were detained and taken into custody.

Dec 17, 2021

New Guidance Fails to Stop Mistreatment of Pregnant People and Their Children in Detention

Oct 28, 2021

The Biden Administration's Immigration Double Talk

Empty cell at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison.

Oct 5, 2021

More of the Same: Private Prison Corporations and Immigration Detention Under the Biden Administration

A screenshot of surveillance video taken shortly before men detained at the Torrance County were pepper-sprayed for engaging in a peaceful hunger strike

Sep 28, 2021

Understaffed, Unsanitary ICE Facility in New Mexico Fails Annual Inspection

Migrants in custody at U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing area under the Anzalduas International Bridge, Friday, March 19, 2021, in Mission, Texas.

Aug 9, 2021

Border Patrol Must Stop Holding People in an Inhumane Outside Pen Under a Highway in South Texas

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during news conference with a U.S. Homeland Security flag behind him.

Jul 21, 2021

Secretary Mayorkas Pledged to End His Agency’s Anti-Immigrant Abuses. Here’s What He’s Delivered.