Immigration

How Policy Impacts Migrants

405 stories published since 2016

Records Show Trump’s Border Wall Is Costing Taxpayers Billions More Than Initial Contracts

by Perla Trevizo and Jeremy Schwartz

October 27, 2020, 1:00 pm EDT
ICE deportó a la mujer que acusó a unos guardias de agresión sexual a pesar de que las autoridades federales aún investigaban el incidente

por Lomi Kriel

September 19, 2020, 12:00 pm EDT
Un nuevo informe de ingeniería encuentra que se derrumbará el muro fronterizo financiado con fondos privados

por Jeremy Schwartz y Perla Trevizo

September 16, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
ICE Deported a Woman Who Accused Guards of Sexual Assault While the Feds Were Still Investigating the Incident

by Lomi Kriel

September 15, 2020, 2:30 pm EDT
New Engineering Report Finds Privately Built Border Wall Will Fail

by Jeremy Schwartz and Perla Trevizo

September 2, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
Private Border Wall Fundraisers Have Been Arrested on Fraud Charges

by Perla Trevizo, Jeremy Schwartz and Lexi Churchill

August 20, 2020, 7:45 pm EDT
ICE Guards “Systematically” Sexually Assault Detainees in an El Paso Detention Center, Lawyers Say

by Lomi Kriel

August 14, 2020, 1:00 pm EDT
ICE Is Making Sure Migrant Kids Don’t Have COVID-19 — Then Expelling Them to “Prevent the Spread” of COVID-19

by Dara Lind and Lomi Kriel

August 10, 2020, 2:21 pm EDT
¿A dónde se irán todos?

by Abrahm Lustgarten

August 7, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
After a Year of Investigation, the Border Patrol Has Little to Say About Agents’ Misogynistic and Racist Facebook Group

by A.C. Thompson

August 5, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
Her Rapist Threatened to Make Her “Disappear.” Instead of Asylum, ICE Put Her in a Hotel and Sent Her Back.

by Lomi Kriel

August 4, 2020, 11:00 am EDT
Construyó un muro en la frontera con fondos privados. Ahora está en riesgo de desplomarse si no lo reparan.

por Jeremy Schwartz y Perla Trevizo

August 1, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
Un muro fronterizo financiado con fondos privados ya estaba en riesgo de colapsarse si no se reparaba. El huracán Hanna empeoró la situación.

por Perla Trevizo y Jeremy Schwartz

August 1, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
Where Will Everyone Go?

by Abrahm Lustgarten

July 23, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
About Our Climate Migration Model

by Abrahm Lustgarten

July 23, 2020, 4:59 am EDT
He Built a Privately Funded Border Wall. It’s Already at Risk of Falling Down if Not Fixed.

by Jeremy Schwartz and Perla Trevizo

July 2, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Mass Border Expulsions

by Dara Lind

June 10, 2020, 11:27 am EDT
House Democrats Demand Trump Administration Stop Rushing Through Deportations of Migrant Children

by Lomi Kriel

May 28, 2020, 6:00 am EDT
The Trump Administration Is Rushing Deportations of Migrant Children During Coronavirus

by Lomi Kriel

May 18, 2020, 4:30 pm EDT
COVID-19 Cases at One Texas Immigration Detention Center Soared in a Matter of Days. Now, Town Leaders Want Answers.

by Perla Trevizo

May 11, 2020, 12:00 pm EDT
ICE Has Access to DACA Recipients’ Personal Information Despite Promises Suggesting Otherwise, Internal Emails Show

by Dara Lind

April 21, 2020, 11:15 am EDT
Al menos 37 menores en un albergue de Chicago para inmigrantes detenidos han dado positivo en pruebas de COVID-19

por Melissa Sanchez

April 15, 2020, 10:50 am EDT
At Least 19 Children at a Chicago Shelter for Immigrant Detainees Have Tested Positive for COVID-19

by Melissa Sanchez

April 13, 2020, 5:29 pm EDT
In a 10-Day Span, ICE Flew This Detainee Across the Country — Nine Times

by Yeganeh Torbati, Dara Lind and Jack Gillum

March 27, 2020, 10:33 am EDT
As Coronavirus Infections Spread, So Have Clashes Between ICE Detainees and Guards

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune, and Perla Trevizo

March 26, 2020, 3:29 pm EDT
ICE ha fallado constantemente en contener enfermedades contagiosas, según nuestros análisis. Es un peligro para el público.

por J. David McSwane

March 23, 2020, 11:50 am EDT
Immigration Courts Are Telling Employees to Come to Work — Ignoring Health Risks and Local Shelter-in-Place Orders

by Dara Lind

March 20, 2020, 6:48 pm EDT
ICE Has Repeatedly Failed to Contain Contagious Diseases, Our Analysis Shows. It’s a Danger to the Public.

by J. David McSwane

March 20, 2020, 5:00 am EDT
The Trump Administration Calls Iraq Dangerous for Christians — Until It Wants to Deport Them

by Yeganeh Torbati

March 4, 2020, 5:00 am EST
The FBI Is Investigating Massive Embezzlement of Border Patrol Union Funds

by A.C. Thompson and Jeff Ernsthausen

February 24, 2020, 3:15 pm EST
A Group of Agents Rose Through the Ranks to Lead the Border Patrol. They’re Leaving It in Crisis.

by Melissa del Bosque

February 10, 2020, 5:00 am EST
Border Patrol Officials Dodged Congress’ Questions About Migrant Children’s Deaths

by Robert Moore, special to ProPublica

January 14, 2020, 5:38 pm EST
Six Children Died in Border Patrol Care. Democrats in Congress Want to Know Why.

by Robert Moore, special to ProPublica

January 13, 2020, 2:30 pm EST
McKinsey Called Our Story About Its ICE Contract False. It’s Not.

by Ian MacDougall

December 16, 2019, 2:01 pm EST
Dentro de la celda donde murió el adolescente guatemalteco bajo custodia de la Patrulla Fronteriza

por Robert Moore y Susan Schmidt, en reporte especial para ProPublica, y Maryam Jameel, ProPublica

December 11, 2019, 2:26 pm EST
House Chairman Says Trump Administration Misled Congress on Boy’s Death in Custody

by Robert Moore

December 6, 2019, 10:45 am EST
Inside the Cell Where a Sick 16-Year-Old Boy Died in Border Patrol Care

by Robert Moore and Susan Schmidt, special to ProPublica, and Maryam Jameel, ProPublica

December 5, 2019, 1:30 pm EST
How McKinsey Helped the Trump Administration Detain and Deport Immigrants

by Ian MacDougall

December 3, 2019, 5:00 pm EST
Border Agents Can Now Get Classified Intelligence Information. Experts Call That Dangerous.

by Melissa del Bosque

November 1, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
Las tácticas de las compañías farmacéuticas para atraer a mexicanos que donen plasma en la frontera con EEUU

por Stefanie Dodt y Jan Lukas Strozyk, ARD German TV, y Dara Lind, ProPublica

October 23, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
While Trump Cracked Down on Immigration, a Republican Megadonor Sued for a Special Visa

by Jake Pearson

October 7, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
Pharmaceutical Companies Are Luring Mexicans Across the U.S. Border to Donate Blood Plasma

by Stefanie Dodt and Jan Lukas Strozyk, ARD German TV, and Dara Lind, ProPublica

October 4, 2019, 12:01 pm EDT
The Trump Administration Issues Dozens of Corrections to Its Error-Riddled Immigration Rule

by Yeganeh Torbati and Dara Lind

October 1, 2019, 4:06 pm EDT
En una disputa sobre tutela, los hijos de un padre hispanohablante se quedarán con sus padres de acogida eslovacohablantes

por Melissa Sanchez y Duaa Eldeib

September 3, 2019, 2:54 pm EDT
In a Disputed Custody Case, the Children of a Spanish-Speaking Father Will Remain With Their Slovak-Speaking Foster Parents

by Melissa Sanchez and Duaa Eldeib

August 29, 2019, 7:19 pm EDT
The Administration Rushed on a Sweeping Immigration Policy. We Found Substantive, Sloppy Mistakes.

by Dara Lind and Yeganeh Torbati

August 20, 2019, 5:19 pm EDT
“Dirtbag,” “Savages,” “Subhuman”: A Border Agent’s Hateful Career and the Crime That Finally Ended It

by A.C. Thompson

August 16, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
The Case That Made an Ex-ICE Attorney Realize the Government Was Relying on False “Evidence” Against Migrants

by Melissa del Bosque

August 13, 2019, 5:00 am EDT
Un agente de la Patrulla Fronteriza revela la realidad de ser guardia de niños migrantes

por Ginger Thompson

July 18, 2019, 11:44 am EDT
A Border Patrol Agent Reveals What It’s Really Like to Guard Migrant Children

by Ginger Thompson

July 16, 2019, 8:00 am EDT