Trump Vows to End Birthright Citizenship
BBC - Mon Dec 9, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has said he will look at pardons for those involved in the 2021 US Capitol riot on his first day back in office next month. More»
Number of Women Alleging Misconduct by ICE Gynecologist Nearly Triples
The Intercept - Fri Dec 11, 2020
OCILLA, Georgia - At least 17 women treated by a doctor alleged to have performed unnecessary or overly aggressive gynecological procedures without proper informed consent remain in detention at Irwin County Detention Center, a privately run facility in Georgia housing US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detainees, according to a briefing and written materials submitted by attorneys and advocates to Senators in a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill. More»
ICE Nurse Revealed That A Georgia Detention Center Is Performing Mass Hysterectomies
Yahoo News - Tue Sep 15, 2020
On Monday, a nurse at a private immigration detention center in Georgia came forward about a range of dangerous medical practices at a US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. More»
Mexicans demand crackdown on Americans crossing the border
BBC - Thu Mar 26, 2020
Mexican protesters have shut a US southern border crossing amid fears that untested American travellers will spread coronavirus. More»
Video shows disoriented migrant boy's death inside Border Patrol cell
CBS News - Fri Dec 6, 2019
Carlos Gregorio Hernández Vásquez was in visible pain and disoriented when he collapsed near the toilet in his concrete cell around 1:36 am one day last May. More»
Federal Court Rules Suspicionless Searches of Travelers' Phones and Laptops Unconstitutional
EFF - Wed Nov 13, 2019
BOSTON - In a major victory for privacy rights at the border, a federal court in Boston ruled today that suspicionless searches of travelers' electronic devices by federal agents at airports and other U. More»
Neil Young's US citizenship 'delayed over marijuana'
BBC - Tue Nov 12, 2019
Young says he passed the citizenship test but was told he had to take another to prove "moral character". More»
Cops At Wrong House Kill Undocumented Man, City Claims He Had No Constitutional Rights
Huffington Post - Mon Sep 30, 2019
SOUTHAVEN, Mississippi - While searching for a domestic violence suspect in the summer of 2017, police in Southaven, Mississippi, visited the wrong home and shot dead an innocent man. More»
Inhumane Conditions at US Immigration Detention Centers
Daily Mail - Sat Aug 31, 2019
Menstruating migrants girls being held at detention centers near the US-Mexico border are 'visibly' bleeding through their pants and are forced to wear their soiled clothes, according to a new lawsuit. More»
Armed Trump supporter detained and released at El Paso immigrant center
NBC News - Fri Aug 9, 2019
An armed Trump supporter was detained and released by police Wednesday outside a community space for immigrants in El Paso, Texas, days after a mass shooting that killed 22 people at a Walmart in the border town. More»
Children of undocumented immigrants arrested in Mississippi rely on strangers for food and shelter
WJTV - Thu Aug 8, 2019
FOREST, Mississippi - Following a massive undocumented immigration enforcement operation resulting in more than 650 arrests, many children of those taken into custody were left temporarily homeless. More»
32-year-old man who recently crossed border dies at New Mexico facility
CBS News - Thu Aug 1, 2019
A 32-year-old man died Thursday morning at a US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) facility in Lordsburg, New Mexico, the agency confirmed. More»
A Mexican Man Has Died In ICE Custody In Georgia
BuzzFeed - Tue Jul 30, 2019
A 44-year-old Mexican man died Wednesday, July 24, 2019, while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Georgia. More»
US citizen says he lost 26 pounds under 'inhumane' conditions at border facility in Texas
USA Today - Sun Jul 28, 2019
An 18-year-old US citizen from Dallas who was held for more than three weeks by U. More»
Reuters photo captures Guatemalan mother begging soldier to let her enter U.S.
Reuters - Sat Jul 27, 2019
MEXICO CITY - Ledy Perez fell to her haunches, a clenched hand covering her face as she wept, an arm clutching her small 6-year-old son, who glared defiantly at the Mexican National Guard soldier blocking them from crossing into the United States. More»
Immigration Officials Snatch 9-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Heading To School, Hold Her For 2 Days
Huffington Post - Sat Jul 27, 2019
A 9-year-old American citizen on her way to school was apprehended by US immigration officials and detained for some 32 hours before she was released back to her family. More»
This is the week it became accurate to compare Trump to Hitler
Salon - Wed Jul 3, 2019
The presidency of Donald Trump has been one horror after another - the endless lying, the coddling and worship of dictators, the rank incompetence and corruption of the people he has chosen to run government departments, the saber-rattling and about-facing with various enemies, the repeated attacks on voting rights and free speech and a free press, the countenancing of rank racism and white supremacy in Charlottesville and elsewhere, the personal corruption and grifting at his resorts and golf clubs, the reverence for a celebration of ignorance, the disdain for science and expertise, the constant tweeting and spewing of hate and stupidity and racism and misogyny and xenophobia - the list goes on. More»
4 Severely Ill Migrant Toddlers Hospitalized After Lawyers Visit Border Patrol Facility
Huffington Post - Sat Jun 29, 2019
Four toddlers were so severely ill and neglected at a US Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, that lawyers forced the government to hospitalize them last week. More»
Shocking Photo Of Drowned Father And Daughter Highlights Migrants' Border Peril
The Guardian - Wed Jun 26, 2019
The grim reality of the migration crisis unfolding on America’s southern border has been captured in photographs showing the lifeless bodies of a Salvadoran father and his daughter who drowned as they attempted to cross the Rio Grande into Texas. More»
The short life and long journey of the 6-year-old girl who died near the US-Mexico border
CNN - Mon Jun 24, 2019
LUKEVILLE, Arizona - Gurupreet Kaur crossed the US-Mexico border shortly before her 7th birthday. More»
Are US child migrant detainees entitled to soap and beds?
BBC - Thu Jun 20, 2019
A Trump administration lawyer has disputed in court whether detained migrant children are entitled to toothbrushes and soap. More»
Children describe neglect at Texas border facility
Associated Press - Thu Jun 20, 2019
EL PASO, Texas -A 2-year-old boy locked in detention wants to be held all the time. More»
Border Patrol is confiscating migrant kids' medicine, U.S. doctors say
Yahoo News - Sun Jun 9, 2019
For the past year and a half, Dr. More»
11-year-old asylum seeker ordered to return to El Salvador without family
WSB-TV - Fri Apr 12, 2019
HOUSTON, Texas - An immigration court in Texas has ordered an 11-year-old girl to be deported to El Salvador alone, and now her family is fighting to have the order suspended. More»
Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates Through a Secret Database
KNSD-TV - Thu Mar 7, 2019
The documents detail an intelligence-gathering effort by the United States and Mexican authorities, targeting more than 50 people including journalists, an attorney, and immigration advocates. More»
ICE Detention Center Says It's Not Responsible for Staff's Sexual Abuse of Detainees
ACLU - Sat Mar 2, 2019
All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the federal government impose criminal liability on correctional facility staff who have sexual contact with people in their custody. More»
Report: Missing Migrant Children Being Funneled Through Betsy DeVos Adoption Agency
Patheos - Thu Feb 7, 2019
The Trump administration says it can't reunite missing migrant children with their families; instead, many of the children are being shipped to a Christian adoption agency with ties to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. More»
4 Arizona Women Convicted for Leaving Water for Migrants
Time - Fri Jan 18, 2019
Four aid workers were convicted Friday on charges connected to their efforts to leave food and water for migrants in an Arizona wildlife refuge along the US-Mexico border. More»
Feds holding 12,800 migrant children in detention centers
CBS - Tue Sep 18, 2018
The number of migrant children being detained by the government has reached its highest level ever, according to a report by The New York Times. More»
Border patrol agents are stopping people on highways in New England to check their citizenship
CNN - Sun Jun 24, 2018
Far from ground zero in the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration along the southern border, US Customs and Border Protection checkpoints on highways in Maine and New Hampshire are catching the eye of civil liberties groups. More»