Management
Viewpoint: Changes For a Landmark Agreement Mean Immigrant Children Face Harsher Treatment In the U.S.
Immigrant children could remain indefinitely in federal detention if courts allow the Trump administration to ditch a landmark agreement that has protected migrant children for decades.
Management
The Administration Rushed on a Sweeping Immigration Policy and Made Substantive, Sloppy Mistakes
Trump’s new immigration policy applies more harshly to families of U.S. citizens in the military than to families of noncitizens in the military. Experts think it’s an error that suggests officials are pushing policies even they don’t fully understand.
Management
North Carolina Sheriffs Win a Round Against ICE
Republican lawmakers had sought to make counties help enforce immigration law.
Management
Analysis: New Trump Rules Stand to Block the Public From Information About the Treatment of Detained Migrant Children
The administration plans to scrap the Flores settlement, meaning the long-term or indefinite detention of migrant children will carry on out of public view.
Management
Leaked Immigration Court Official’s Directive Could Violate Rules That Protect Families From Deportation
Legal experts say placing hard limits on family immigration cases could be illegal.
Management
'No Comment': Emails Show the VA Took No Action to Spare Veterans From a Harsh Trump Immigration Policy
The VA’s approach differs sharply from the Pentagon’s, which won an exemption for active-duty members of the military.
Workforce
'Dirtbag,' 'Savages,' 'Subhuman': A Border Agent’s Hateful Career and the Crime That Finally Ended It
Border Patrol agent Matthew Bowen had been investigated for years before he used his 4,000-pound truck to assault a fleeing migrant.
Management
Who is Ken Cuccinelli?
President Trump’s biggest immigration hard-liner has become the consummate ideological ally.
Management
Analysis: Trump’s DHS Aims to Scare Immigrants Away From Public Benefits
The Trump administration announced changes to the “public charge” rule that will prevent immigrants who access government services from staying in the U.S.
Management
The Case That Made an Ex-ICE Attorney Realize the Government Was Relying on False “Evidence” Against Migrants
Years after quitting her job as an attorney for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Laura Peña returned to the fight — defending migrants she’d once prosecuted. Then, a perplexing family separation case forced her to call upon everything she’d learned.
Defense
Viewpoint: When Children at the Border Got Compassion
The United States has a moral responsibility for unaccompanied children—and took it seriously, at least in 2014.
Management
Trump Administration Looks to Decertify Vocal Federal Employee Union
The Justice Department says immigration law judges operate as managers, an argument the Federal Labor Relations Authority rejected in 2000.
Management
Americans’ Support For Immigration Is At Record Highs – But The Government Is Out Of Sync With Their Views
Americans have never felt warmer toward immigrants, nor have they ever been more supportive of immigration.
Management
Mexican Officials Say El Paso Massacre Was Terrorism Aimed At Their Citizens — And Vow To Be Part Of Investigation
The shooting, which killed 22 people, has reignited Mexican officials' criticism of what they consider lax U.S. gun laws.
Management
Border Patrol in El Paso Reopens Checkpoints
Some of the checkpoints were temporarily closed in March after Border Patrol said it needed to pull agents from those posts to help process, detain and care for the surge of undocumented immigrants crossing into the country.
Management
Democrats Battle Over the Past and Present of Immigration
The 2020 presidential candidates know they’re against Donald Trump, but they are sharply divided over what kind of enforcement should be used at the border.
Management
How ICE Enforcement Has Changed Under The Trump Administration
Data released under FOIA shows that ICE is encountering more U.S. citizens and more women.
Management
Asylum Seekers That Followed Trump Rule Now Don’t Qualify Because of New Trump Rule
Migrants hoping for U.S. protection have been waiting in Mexico for months, as the U.S. allowed fewer than ever to enter. Then it changed the rules entirely.
Management
The Border Patrol–to–Emergency Room Pipeline
The conditions in facilities at the border are so dire that many migrants are in need of medical care as soon as they are released.
Workforce