News & Commentary about ICE and Border Patrol Abuses

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Nov 25, 2019

In Nicaragua, She Dodged Bullets. Now She's Stuck at the Border.

Nov 20, 2019

The U.S. Government Tracked, Detained, and Interrogated Journalists. We’re Suing on Their Behalf.

Hands hold a cellular telephone, with a security screening conveyor belt and other people in the background

Nov 13, 2019

Federal Court Rules That Border Officers Can’t Arbitrarily Search Our Electronic Devices

General view inside the Leona Vicario Federal shelter for asylum seekers in Ciudad Juarez on October 9, 2019, Chihuahua state, Mexico

Oct 24, 2019

I Went to Mexico to Meet Asylum-Seekers Trapped at the Border. This Is What I Saw.

Migrants seated in a processing area at a tent courtroom

Sep 30, 2019

The Trump Administration is Waging a War on People Fleeing Persecution. We Can’t Let Them Win.

Jul 11, 2019

CBP Can’t Detain Domestic Flight Passengers for Refusing Suspicionless ID Checks

May 25, 2019

Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ Wall Crumbles in Court

May 15, 2019

New Homeland Security Secretary, Same Anti-Immigrant Agenda

May 6, 2019

Asylum Officers Are Being Replaced by CBP Agents

Mar 20, 2019

Border Patrol and ICE Routinely Violate Immigrants’ Religious Rights