A Career of Hate in Border Patrol

A.C. Thompson / ProPublica Aug 16, 2019 Matthew Bowen had been investigated for years before assaulting a fleeing migrant. His record speaks to a much larger crisis in the agency. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Is the U.S. Government Falsifying Evidence Against Migrants?

Melissa del Bosque / ProPublica Aug 13, 2019 Laura Peña once served as an attorney for ICE. A family separation case has upended everything she thought she knew about the agency. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Judge Blocks Asylum Policy at U.S.-Mexico Border

The Associated Press Jul 24, 2019 The administration wants to prevent most migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S. if they pass through another country first. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump Expands Fast-Track Deportation Authority Across U.S.

ELLIOT SPAGAT / The Associated Press Jul 22, 2019 The policy would apply to those in the U.S. illegally under two years; they might be deported without a hearing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The U.S. Is Quietly Opening Detention Camps for Small Children

Aura Bogado / Reveal Jul 15, 2019 A new investigative report finds a Phoenix facility is holding 12 boys and girls as young as three months old—all without their mothers. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump Moves to End Asylum Protections for Central Americans

COLLEEN LONG / The Associated Press Jul 15, 2019 A new rule expected to go into effect this week aims to drastically reduce the number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

House Sends Trump $4.6-Billion Border Bill, Yielding to Senate

ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM / The Associated Press Jun 27, 2019 Die-hard liberals lose a battle with the White House, the GOP-held Senate and Democratic moderates. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Border Patrol Has Acted With Virtual Impunity for Years

A.C. Thompson / ProPublica Jun 24, 2019 A new report finds the law enforcement agency has ignored an expert panel's calls for swifter, more transparent punishment of rogue agents. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Mexico Denies Trump’s Claim of Secret Concessions in Deal

JILL COLVIN, COLLEEN LONG and MARIA VERZA / The Associated Press Jun 10, 2019 Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard asserts that there are no undisclosed agreements. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Free Traders No More? GOP Warms Up to Trump’s Use of Tariffs

LISA MASCARO / The Associated Press Jun 7, 2019 Many Republicans, unwilling to buck the president, are prepared to support 5% tariffs on Mexico. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump’s Vicious Crusade Against Asylum-Seekers Is About to Get Worse

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Apr 11, 2019 The effort to challenge Trump's policies got a bit harder with the death at age 89 of Blase Bonpane, a lifelong peace activist. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Seeks to Cut Foreign Aid to 3 Central American Nations

JONATHAN LEMIRE, NOMAAN MERCHANT and COLLEEN LONG / The Associated Press Mar 30, 2019 The president moves to slash U.S. assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras as a way to curb illegal immigration. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )