News & Commentary about ICE and Border Patrol Abuses

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Woman holds sign that reads "Close the Camps" outside of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Portland

Jun 29, 2021

Cruelty and Coercion: How ICE Abuses Hunger Strikers

young unaccompanied migrants, from ages 3 to 9, watch television inside a playpen at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility

Jun 24, 2021

Unaccompanied Children’s Well-Being Must Come First at Fort Bliss and Across Texas

Still image of a detained man from the video

Jun 9, 2021

Mass ICE Detention is Unnecessary — and We Have Proof

A woman wears a protective face mask and gloves as she protests outside of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office Friday, May 29, 2020, in Plantation, Fla.

Apr 5, 2021

ICE’s Watchdog Agency Confirms Dangerous Conditions in Arizona Immigration Detention Facility

An ICE agent holding an Immigration Detainer form.

Feb 24, 2021

How Did ICE Deport a Survivor of the Walmart Shooting?

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detain someone in front of a red truck.

Feb 9, 2021

This is Biden’s Chance to End ICE’s Abuses — For Good

Juan Correa Villalonga wears an orange jumpsuit the says "stop deportations" on the back in protest against the ICE agents deporting Venezuelans.

Dec 22, 2020

A Deportation Moratorium, What Comes Next for Biden?

A Customs and Border Protection officer questions immigrants in Rio Grande Valley sector of the Texas border on Aug. 20, 2019.

Dec 9, 2020

Biden Must Remove Border Patrol from Border Communities to Restore Civil Rights and Liberties

Immigrant detainees walk down a hall escorted by heavily armed CBP officers.

Dec 2, 2020

Separated Families, Death, and Despair — All at the Hands of CBP. We Need Action, Now.

A pair of hands holding a cell phone at night with street lights in the background.

Dec 2, 2020

The U.S. Government Is Secretly Using Cell Phone Location Data to Track Us. We’re Suing.