Deborah Sontag
Who Polices the Immigration Police?
Claims of unjust arrests by ICE agents and cops often disappear into an overwhelmed immigration court system.
In Pennsylvania, It’s Open Season on Undocumented Immigrants
ICE’s Philadelphia office is fanning out into communities across its three-state region and making more “at-large” arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions than anywhere else in America.
For Cops Who Want to Help ICE Crack Down on Illegal Immigration, Pennsylvania Is a Free-for-All
Without guidelines or oversight, some officers are using traffic stops to question Hispanics and turn over undocumented immigrants to ICE.
From Border-Crosser to Felon
The Trump administration encouraged prosecutors to seek felony charges against those who re-enter the U.S. after being deported. In the case of this Bucks County gardener, government employees felt halfhearted about turning an immigrant into a criminal.