immigration

  • How Trump’s Washington D.C. Takeover Is Playing On The Groun…

    [ad_1] Filed 12:00 p.m. EDT 08.23.2025 Promising to take over police to fight crime, Trump’s effort has instead morphed into mostly an immigration dragnet. Pedestrians pass D.C. National Guard troops patrolling Union Station, in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 19, 2025. Allison Bailey/NurPhoto, via Associated Press This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly…

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  • Who ICE Is Deporting: Thousands With Minor Offenses, or None…

    [ad_1] This story is part of “Trump Two: Six Months In,” our series taking stock of the administration’s efforts to reshape immigration enforcement and criminal justice. Contractor Hector Madrid Reyes was driving to Home Depot in March when he was rear-ended. As he and the other driver exchanged information, a Georgia State Patrol officer pulled…

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  • 5 Ways that Trump Rapidly Ramped Up Immigration Detention

    [ad_1] This story is part of “Trump Two: Six Months In,” our series taking stock of the administration’s efforts to reshape immigration enforcement and criminal justice. Over the last six months, Rodney Taylor has watched the Trump administration’s explosion in immigration enforcement from a detention cell in rural Georgia. Taylor, a 47-year-old who had both…

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  • Working Family Hides From ICE in St. Louis, Faces Threats in…

    [ad_1] There was a precious time last summer when a Guatemalan immigrant finally felt at home in Missouri. He, his wife and their young son were in a festive group of random people who’d gone to a mid-Missouri river to relax and float downstream in a throng of canoes and kayaks. “It was beautiful,” he…

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  • They Discussed Many Issues with Illegal Immigration

    [ad_1] Dr. John Lott joined Jason Lewis on Charolette, North Carolina’s giant 50,000-Watt WBT for an hour. After discussing the bombing of Iran, they discussed Lott’s op-ed pieces titled “Illegal immigrant crime rates higher than Cato Institute wants you to believe” and “As Deportations Rise, The U.S. Is On Track For The Lowest Murder Rate…

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  • How the Supreme Court Ruled Differently in Immigration and C…

    [ad_1] Filed 12:00 p.m. EDT 07.05.2025 In a term marked by rulings limiting immigrants’ rights, the court sided with several other people harmed by the criminal justice system. This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for…

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  • In Kansas, Leavenworth Residents Fight CoreCivic’s Immigrati…

    [ad_1] It was a lovely May evening in Leavenworth, Kansas, but instead of strolling along the Missouri River or gardening, a group of locals sat on squeaky folding chairs at the public library to discuss their mission: How to stop a private prison behemoth from warehousing immigrants down the road. This was happening in a…

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  • DHS’ Kristi Noem Offers Immigrants Cash to Self-Deport. Don’…

    DHS’ Kristi Noem Offers Immigrants Cash to Self-Deport. Don’…

    [ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Sign up for future newsletters. This week, the Department of Homeland Security announced a sweetener to its pitch for immigrants without legal status to leave the U.S. on their own:…

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  • Why Trump Deploying the National Guard to ICE Protests Likel…

    Why Trump Deploying the National Guard to ICE Protests Likel…

    [ad_1] Roughly 2,000 National Guard troops continued patrolling Los Angeles on Monday under an order from President Donald Trump following weekend protests in response to federal immigration sweeps. It was the first time the federal government had activated the guard over the objections of local officials in 60 years. Without providing any evidence, Trump claimed…

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  • An Exhibition Celebrates the Self-Taught Immigrant Artists S…

    [ad_1] Built on the traditional homeland of the Sauk, Fox, and Potawatomi peoples, Chicago is a city of immigrants. Just 13 years after the city was incorporated in 1837, more than half of its residents were born overseas, having flocked to the region from across Europe and Asia alongside tens of thousands of others. Today, Chicago…

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