News & Commentary about ICE and Border Patrol Abuses

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Feb 24, 2020

From Being Tortured in Sri Lanka to the U.S. Supreme Court

Back of an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer's vest that reads "POLICE ICE." Taken in Portland, OR.

Feb 18, 2020

ICE's Destruction of Records Must Be Stopped

Attorney General William Barr speaks on stage at the National Sheriffs' Association Conference on February 10, 2020.

Feb 13, 2020

Bill Barr Wants Sheriffs to Join His Attacks on State and Local Governments

A CBP officer watches over travellers at an airport.

Feb 3, 2020

CBP Lied About Iranian-American Detentions, Leaked Memo Suggests

A line of Guatemalans arriving outside of the Guatemala City airport after having been deported from the US back to Guatemala.

Jan 28, 2020

Asylum-Seekers Are Being Abandoned in Guatemala in a New Policy Officials Call a “Total Disaster”

Jan 14, 2020

The Trump Administration Weakens Standards for ICE Detention Facilities

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials stand at a border crossing facility on the U.S.-Canadian border

Jan 8, 2020

Iranian Americans Have Rights, Too — No Matter What's Happening Abroad

Dec 18, 2019

A Secret CBP Team is Targeting and Detaining Innocent Travelers. We’re Suing.

Dec 18, 2019

We’re Suing to Make Sure that CBP Can’t Keep Asylum Seekers from Their Lawyers

Nov 27, 2019

“If I Could Just Look at Her”