Courts & Law

Use of Alien Enemies Act Likely Headed to Supreme Court

Ariana Figueroa / Michigan Advance Mar 19, 2025 Meanwhile, the Justice Department refuses to provide details to a federal judge about deportation flights. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Immigration

How Texas Jails Paved the Way for Migrant Incarceration

Brianna Nofil / Texas Observer Nov 20, 2024 Following a 1925 investigation, immigrant detention in the Galveston County Jail was declared “a crime against humanity.” Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Immigration

Texas Will Be on the ‘Front Lines’ of Mass Deportation

Francesca D’Annunzio / Texas Observer Nov 11, 2024 Advocates are preparing to protect immigrant communities, as well as existing legal pathways to citizenship and legal residency. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Immigration

Mass Deportations Would ‘Decimate’ the Food Supply

Frida Garza, Ayurella Horn-Muller / Grist Oct 15, 2024 If Donald Trump wins and carries out his immigration agenda, who will run America's farms? Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Media

How One Pollster Turned Public Disengagement Into ‘Strong Support’ for Deportation

David W. Moore / FAIR Sep 27, 2024 An examination of Scripps' poll questions suggests that this measure of “public opinion” can hardly be taken seriously. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Original

Is the Texas Deportation Law Constitutional?

Bill Blum / Truthdig Apr 10, 2024 Gov. Greg Abbott looks to the ghost of Antonin Scalia to validate his war on the undocumented. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump Administration Wants to Deport Gravely Ill Migrant Kids

Kathie Bozanich / Truthdig Aug 31, 2019 It quietly cuts the “medical deferred action” program, ordering at-risk undocumented immigrants to leave the country within 33 days. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Is Not the First Xenophobe to Lead America

Adam Hochschild / TomDispatch Aug 15, 2019 About 100 years ago, a flood of angry rhetoric and fear of immigrants reminiscent of today's scare tactics poured out of the White House. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Trump’s Cruel Deportation Machine Set to Begin Raids

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Jul 11, 2019 They may arrest people whose only crime is simply being on the scene. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Sanctuary City Idea Could Help Migrants Stay in U.S.

ASTRID GALVAN and MORGAN LEE / The Associated Press Apr 13, 2019 Places like San Francisco, New York and L.A. are more welcoming, with access to legal help and a decreased likelihood of deportation arrest. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Movie on Deportation That Trump Needs to Watch

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Jan 31, 2019 A gripping film that just premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival covers a topic dear to the president. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Government Mistakenly Wanted to Deport U.S. Veteran, Says ACLU

ED WHITE / The Associated Press Jan 17, 2019 A Marine veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder is held for three days for possible deportation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )