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Trump Targets Birthright Citizenship and Calls for Military Role in Deportations
Both plans are an affront to America’s image as a nation of immigrants.
Fiona Harrigan | 11.19.2024 2:10 PM
Mass Deportations
Plus: New York's transit authority needs cash, baristas don't understand economics, and more...
Liz Wolfe | 11.19.2024 9:29 AM
Study: Mass Deportation Could Put 28 Million People at Risk of Family Separation
It would reduce job prospects for native-born workers, too.
Kevin Garcia-Galindo | 11.5.2024 4:22 PM
Trump's Deportation Plan Would Cost Nearly $1 Trillion
And it would wreck the economy.
Eric Boehm | 10.7.2024 12:35 PM
Blowing Up
Plus: J.D. Vance's shifting views on mass deportations, federal bureaucrats steal Disney World tickets from homeless kids, and more...
Eric Boehm | 9.18.2024 9:30 AM
Trump's Mass Deportation Plan Is Anti-American
Donald Trump’s promise to carry out “the largest domestic deportation operation” in U.S. history would tear apart families, harm American workers, and require militaristic enforcement.
Fiona Harrigan | 5.24.2024 5:15 PM
Trump's Tough Immigration Talk Comes With a High Price Tag
Are Americans prepared to spend a trillion dollars to deport undocumented migrants?
J.D. Tuccille | 5.22.2024 7:00 AM
Mass Deportations of Immigrants Destroy More Native-Born American Jobs than they Create
Leading immigration economist Michael Clemens explains why.
Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.10.2024 3:50 PM
Brickbat: You Can't Go Home Again
Charles Oliver | 11.29.2023 4:00 AM
Supreme Court Rejects 'Extraordinarily Unusual' Case Against Biden's Deportation Policy
Today’s decision “is narrow and simply maintains the longstanding jurisprudential status quo,” wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh for the majority.
Fiona Harrigan | 6.23.2023 4:20 PM
This U.S. Citizen Was Detained by ICE for Over a Month. Now He's Getting a $150,000 Settlement.
A Government Accountability Office report last year documented hundreds of ICE actions involving potential U.S. citizens.
Fiona Harrigan | 12.15.2022 4:55 PM
ICE Almost Deported a 10-Year-Old Cancer Survivor and His Mom
They were ultimately allowed to stay. But it’s an example of ICE targeting nonviolent migrants after a federal judge blocked the Biden administration’s enforcement priorities.
Fiona Harrigan | 9.8.2022 5:38 PM
ICE Set Up a Fake College, Robbing and Deporting Foreign Students. Civil Rights Groups Want Answers.
Hundreds of lives were upended by the University of Farmington, a fake university that took $6 million in tuition and fees from foreign students.
Fiona Harrigan | 8.12.2022 4:56 PM
Ron DeSantis' Immigration Crackdown Could Prove Costly
A new directive could impose a hefty financial burden on state taxpayers and reduce community trust toward police.
Fiona Harrigan | 6.22.2022 4:04 PM
This Woman Spent 19 Years in Jail for a Murder She Didn't Commit. Now ICE Is Trying To Deport Her.
Deportation proceedings are a second layer of prosecution for people who have either served their sentences or had their convictions overturned.
Fiona Harrigan | 5.17.2022 12:15 PM
Biden Administration To Protect Ukrainians in the U.S. From Deportation
But more still needs to be done to address the refugee crisis mounting in Eastern Europe.
Fiona Harrigan | 3.4.2022 2:00 PM
Biden Is Deporting Venezuelans Fleeing Socialism, Despite Condemning Trump for the Same Practice
"It's abundantly clear he has no regard for the suffering of the Venezuelan people," then–presidential candidate Biden said of Trump's deportation flights.
Fiona Harrigan | 2.4.2022 4:22 PM
One Year Into His Presidency, Joe Biden's Immigration Policy Hasn't Made Anyone Happy
Some good changes have flown under the radar. But there have been few wins—political or practical.
Fiona Harrigan | 1.20.2022 12:05 PM
A Knoxville Woman Called 911. Instead of Getting Help, She Was Arrested and Placed in Immigration Detention for Months.
Knox County's program authorizing such enforcement activities may have been instituted illegally.
Fiona Harrigan | 11.10.2021 4:50 PM
They Came to the U.S. Legally as Children. At 21, They Face Deportation.
A new bill could give some hope to "Documented Dreamers."
Billy Binion | 9.17.2021 10:40 AM
This Navy Veteran Was Deported Over a One-Time Marijuana Offense. After Nearly a Decade in Exile, He's Back in the U.S.
Howard Bailey spent years serving his country, supporting his family, and running two small businesses. Then he got kicked out of the country.
Fiona Harrigan | 8.30.2021 5:30 PM
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Adam Cox and Cristina Rodriguez Respond to Critics and Commentators on their Book "The President and Immigration Law"
This is the conclusion of the Yale Journal on Regulation symposium about the book.
Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.17.2021 5:06 PM
ICE Deports Guinean Immigrant Before He Can Testify in Jail Abuse Lawsuit
Mory Keita was involved in two cases against the government, including an ACLU suit challenging ICE and a case alleging abuse by Butler County Jail guards.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.21.2020 2:40 PM
An Inmate Firefighter Might Be Deported After California Handed Him Over to ICE
Bounchan Keola was injured while fighting the deadly Zogg Fire. California rewarded him with a possible deportation.
Zuri Davis | 11.25.2020 5:40 PM
PATRIOT Act Clause Invoked to Keep Man Imprisoned Even After He Served His Sentence
A part of the law intended to hold suspected terrorists for deportation is being twisted to justify indefinite detention.
Scott Shackford | 12.2.2019 1:55 PM
When De Facto Americans Are Deported
Debbie Nathan | 10.13.2019 6:00 AM
Trump Does Not Need Alligators in Moats for a Draconian Anti-Immigration Crackdown—He's Already Outdoing Ike's Harsh 'Operation Wetback'
Trump admires one of the darkest chapters in America's deportation history.
Shikha Dalmia | 10.4.2019 10:00 AM
Actually, Joe Biden and the Obama Administration Deported More People Than Trump
At tonight's Democratic debate, Joe Biden totally whiffed on a question about deportation stats. He should be forthcoming about his record on immigration.
Eric Boehm | 6.27.2019 10:45 PM
ICE Failed to Properly Screen Veterans Before Deporting Them
ICE agents told investigators they were "unaware" of policies to avoid deporting veterans—the same policies the agency assured me it was following in 2016.
C.J. Ciaramella | 6.10.2019 2:00 PM
Supreme Court Gives Feds a Long Leash To Detain Immigrants With Criminal Records
Conservative majority declines to consider constitutional concerns of holding noncitizens without hearings.
Scott Shackford | 3.19.2019 2:00 PM
A Law and Order Candidate Is Indicted for Committing a Crime
The man behind the "Deportation Bus" said he wanted to round up criminals. Looks like he should have started with himself.
Zuri Davis | 12.21.2018 11:45 AM
A Church's Dramatic Attempt to Stop a Deportation Reflects the Crackdown on Sanctuaries
CityWell United Methodist Church sheltered an undocumented immigrant until they said he was lured to an immigration office under false pretenses.
Zuri Davis | 11.26.2018 5:00 PM
A Priest Is Being Deported After Committing the Heinous Crime of Voting
Father David Boase was led to believe that he was eligible to vote. His mistake caught up with him 12 years later.
Zuri Davis | 9.24.2018 11:50 AM
Colombian Guerrillas Have Threatened to Murder This Family for 18 Years. ICE Says Go Home.
Even with restrictionist, pro-Trump Rep. Duncan D. Hunter in their corner, the Dunoyers will probably have to leave before the end of the year.
Zach Weissmueller | 8.20.2018 1:51 PM
Adopted 4-Year-Old Daughter of Americans Probably Won't Be Deported. Either Way, Our Immigration System Is Broken.
Angela Becerra's case is a reminder that legal immigration is more complicated than just "getting in line."
Joe Setyon | 8.10.2018 3:50 PM
A Woman Regrets Her Trump Vote After ICE Deports Her Daughter-In-Law
"I've always been proud to be an American. But now I'm ashamed."
Zuri Davis | 7.25.2018 3:00 PM
Tattoos Shouldn't Be Cause for Deportation
ICE claimed tattoos are evidence of gang activity, grounds for deportation.
Liz Wolfe | 6.19.2018 1:25 PM
Abolish ICE
America's immigration roundup squad must go.
Shikha Dalmia | 6.11.2018 6:00 AM
Abolish ICE Now
It's an evil agency that terrorizes hard-working and peaceful people.
Shikha Dalmia | 2.20.2018 12:00 PM
Doctor With Permanent Residency and American Wife, Daughter Who Immigrated From Poland as a Kid Faces Deportation for 26-Year-Old Misdemeanors
Brian Doherty | 1.22.2018 6:15 PM
Trump Cracks Down on Refugees in Nashville's Little Kurdistan
Matthew Petti | 9.10.2017 7:00 AM
Deportations Up Under Trump
A round-up of immigrant round-ups
Shikha Dalmia | 8.1.2017 12:00 PM