What Happens to Immigrants When They’re Deported From the Only Homes They’ve Known?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 22, 2014 President Obama has broken the record for deporting undocumented immigrants from the United States. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Obama Is Trying to Vanish Us’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 14, 2014 As the number of deportations under President Obama approaches 2 million, hundreds have gathered at the U.S.-Mexico border this week to support a group of undocumented youths and families seeking re-entry into the United States. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama to Set Deportation Record

Staff / Truthdig Feb 4, 2013 By 2014, the Obama administration will have deported more people than were expelled from 1892 to 1997; a majority of Californians believe that increasing the number of guidance counselors in schools would be more beneficial for safety than adding armed police officers; and while some see the fall of print journalism as a tragedy, others see it as an opportunity. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Petition Seeks Piers Morgan’s Deportation Over Anti-Gun Comments

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 24, 2012 A petition seeking to deport the CNN host for speaking out in favor of gun control has garnered enough signatures to elicit an official response from the Obama administration. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Immigration Reality

David Fitzsimmons, Cagle Cartoons, The Arizona Star Nov 21, 2012 Dig deeper

Not All Undocumented Immigrants Are on Obama’s Side (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 6, 2012 Benita Veliz, a young Hispanic from San Antonio, proclaimed her unauthorized status and her support for President Obama in front of millions of television viewers at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday. But her enthusiasm for the incumbent is not universal among the undocumented. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Los Deportados: Stories From the Other Side

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2012 A recent report by the Pew Hispanic Center revealed that Mexican repatriation from the U.S. between 2005 and 2010 doubled from the previous five years. Roughly 4.4 million immigrants were "deported, removed or returned." Many were separated from their families. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Death on the Border

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2012 In May 2010, Anastasio Hernandez-Rojas, a 32-year-old Mexican immigrant, was handcuffed, hogtied, kicked, beaten and tased five times before he died in the custody of U.S. Border Patrol officers, who justified their actions by claiming he resisted arrest. New eyewitness video says otherwise. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fewer Mexicans Entering U.S., More Leaving

Staff / Truthdig Apr 24, 2012 Mexican immigration to the United States has slowed after four decades of the largest rush of migrants from a single country in American history and may even be declining, a report by the Pew Hispanic Center says. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Occupy Targets Obama

Staff / Truthdig Jan 2, 2012 Occupy Des Moines protesters decide it's high time to occupy the Democratic headquarters, and they won't be the last; Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" gets more viewers than Fox News; and one of America's most visible poets fell out of grace thanks to a racist poem. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Frontline’ Investigates Obama’s Record Deportations

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2011 This year the United States will deport 400,000 immigrants, a million since Obama took office, reports PBS' "Frontline" in a groundbreaking investigation of the president's immigration policies. In short: Obama makes George W. Bush look soft.This year the United States will deport 400,000 immigrants, a million since the president took office, reports PBS' "Frontline." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Congressman Arrested for Protesting Deportations

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2011 US Rep Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill, was arrested in front of the White House Thursday afternoon with about a dozen others while demonstrating against the deportation of illegal immigrants Gutierrez is a supporter of the DREAM Act, which would allow students who are in the country illegally to become conditional permanent residents (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )