Americas

US Continues Seizure of Venezuelan Oil Tankers Amid Condemnation at UN Security Council

Pablo Meriguet / Peoples Dispatch Dec 29, 2025 The United States continues to confiscate and pursue Venezuelan oil tankers, while Caracas denounces what it considers an “act of international piracy” at the UN. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Immigration

‘I’m Lost in This Country’: Non-Mexicans Live Undocumented After Deportation to Mexico

Kate Morrissey / Capital & Main Dec 1, 2025 Cubans and other third-country nationals are dropped off on the streets of Villahermosa where they struggle to survive. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

ICE Deportations Continue

Dave Whamond Nov 20, 2025 Dig deeper

Editorial Cartoons

ICE Surveillance

Paul Duginski Nov 17, 2025 Dig deeper

Activism

As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up on Whistles

Gwynne Hogan / THE CITY Nov 17, 2025 Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Immigration

‘I Lost Everything’: Venezuelans Rounded Up in Dramatic Midnight Raid Never Charged With a Crime

Melissa Sanchez, Jodi S. Cohen, T. Christian Miller, Sebastian Rotella, Mariam Elba / ProPublica Nov 14, 2025 Although officials said they had intelligence about guns, drugs and explosives, they have not revealed evidence that they seized anything illicit. Dig deeper ( 19 Min. Read )

Immigration

Chicago Child Care Worker Detained by ICE as Children Watched

Chabeli Carrazana / The 19th Nov 6, 2025 Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TD Column

Trump’s Border Patrol Bulldog

Joseph L. Flatley / Truthdig Oct 30, 2025 Gregory Bovino brought the border to the interior. Recent changes to the Border Patrol and ICE flowcharts signal an expansion of the model he tested in California and Chicago. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Immigration

Military-Style Immigration Sweep Hits NYC

Gwynne Hogan, Haidee Chu / THE CITY Oct 22, 2025 Masked federal agents arrest Canal Street vendors in a crackdown that escalated the Trump administration’s focus on the city. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

The Trump Administration Torches the Hatch Act

Robert Reich / Substack Oct 16, 2025 The propaganda spewing from the latest Department of Homeland Security video and across federal agencies is illegal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Immigration

‘They Just Took You Away’

George B. Sánchez-Tello / Capital & Main Oct 15, 2025 My daughter’s nightmares offer a window into how children are processing Trump’s immigration raids. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Immigration

Abuse and Neglect at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Alexandra Martinez / Prism Aug 19, 2025 ‘They stepped on his head, about six guards fell on him, they pushed us, they kicked us. It’s a lot of abuse.’ Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )