I Crossed the Border Alone As a Child. Here’s What I Learned About Family Separation
By Skye Harris Posted March 19 2026 I felt my throat constrict with every step closer to the Aeroméxico gate at the Los Angeles International Airport, knowing I…
Democratic States Push to Ban ICE at the Polls
By Jonathan Shorman, Stateline Posted March 12, 2026 Several Democratic states are moving to bar federal immigration agents from being near polling places and other election sites, amid…
He Saw An Abandoned Trailer. Then, He Uncovered a Surveillance Network On California’s Border
By Wendy Fry and Khari Johnson, CalMatters Posted March 5, 2026 On a cracked two-lane road on the eastern edge of San Diego County, James Cordero eased…
New Medicaid Work Rules Likely to Hit Middle-Aged Adults Hard
By Samantha Liss and Sam Whitehead, KFF Health News Posted February 26, 2026 Lori Kelley’s deteriorating vision has made it hard for her to find steady work. …
The Children of Dilley
By Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica Fourteen-year-old Ariana Velasquez had been held at the immigrant detention center in Dilley, Texas, with her mother for some 45 days when I managed…
Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo
By Amy Maxmen, KFF Health News Posted February 12, 2026 Rebekah Stewart, a nurse at the U.S. Public Health Service, got a call last April that brought her…
‘I Can’t Tell You’: Attorneys, Relatives Struggle To Find Hospitalized ICE Detainees
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, KFF Health News Posted on February 5, 2026 Lydia Romero strained to hear her husband’s feeble voice through the phone. A week earlier,…
Immigrant Children Lead Uprising at Texas Detention Center
By Chris Walker, Truthout Posted January 29, 2026 An uprising broke out at an immigrant jail in southern Texas on Saturday, with around 1,000 immigrants detained in the…
Deaths in Detention Warn of Horrors Behind ICE’s Prison Walls
By Mike Ludwig, Truthout Posted Jan. 22, 2026 All eyes are on the Trump administration’s brutal “immigration enforcement” operation in Minnesota, where roving squads of federal agents in…
Worried About Surveillance, States Enact Privacy Laws and Restrict License Plate Readers
By Shalina Chatlani, Stateline Posted January 15, 2026 As part of its deportation efforts, the Trump administration has ordered states to hand over personal data from voter…