‘I Was the Test Case’: Mahmoud Khalil Decides to Stay and Fight
Mahmoud Khalil Common Dreams I had the first call with my lawyers four days after my arrest. The guards escorted me to a room across the detention center, a multipurpose…
After ICE Shooting, Austin Community Organizes Protests, Neighborhood Resources
Neha Madhira Prism Federal prosecutors in Texas charged a Venezuelan national and father living in Austin on Tuesday with assaulting, resisting, and impeding a federal officer, after U.S. Immigration and…
Border Agents Are Randomly Seizing Phones of US Citizens Who Support Palestine
By Ali Harb This article was originally published by Truthout Miami lawyer Jalal Shehadeh is the latest supporter of Palestinian rights to be hassled after returning from abroad. Florida lawyer…
Clinton-Era Laws Passed 30 Years Ago Enabled Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda. Here’s How We Turn the Page.
By Laura Hernández This article was originally published by Truthout Clinton’s ‘96 laws provided the legal foundation for mass detention, rapid deportations, and the evasion of due process. The more…
‘Resistance Is Our Only Option’: Mahmoud Khalil Speaks
Maximillian Alvarez TRNN After being abducted by plainclothes ICE agents from his New York apartment building in March of 2025 and locked away in immigration jail for 104 days, Mahmoud…
‘ICE Is Everywhere’: Investigation Reveals More Arrests Than Ever, With Quieter Tactics
Brett Wilkins Common Dreams “The detentions are happening in a flash—we’re talking, like, 90 seconds from the time ICE shows up to that person being driven away,” said one immigration…
Austin City Council Candidate Misael Ramos Arrested After Protest Against ICE Shooting
Jessica Corbett Common Dreams “We must end the terror in our communities created by the fascist administration in Washington and here in Texas—I will never stop standing up and speaking…
The Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining Momentum
By Mike Ludwig This article was originally published by Truthout As activists rally around federal legislation to dismantle ICE, Amnesty International joins the call for abolition. Echoing activists across the…
In Danger Of Statelessness, Bhutanese Refugees Build Power Against Deportation
T.P. Mishra Waging Nonviolence As ICE pursues resettled refugees who have no country to return to, Bhutanese communities are turning the threat of deportation into collective action. When Robin Gurung…
Families Are Fighting Draconian No-Contact-Visit Policy at California ICE Jail
By Victoria Valenzuela This article was originally published by Truthout The California City Detention Facility has banned loved ones from hugging those who are facing possible deportation. On February 21,…
This Back to School Season, Kids Face a New Fear: ICE Taking Their Parents
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg Truthout/TheAppeal ust a year ago, Martín Soto was making breakfast at home with his wife, Gabriela, while their daughter got ready for her first day of school. But…
We All Came Here From Somewhere
Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Capitalism depends on precarious migrant labour to discipline workers, deepen division, and extract wealth. While weaponising anti-immigrant rhetoric to obscure the neoliberal destruction…
Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit Is Analyzing Americans’ Finances
Joseph Cox, 404 Media. And Pulling Them Over. 404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol’s predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people…
Voting Rights Groups Are Preparing to Confront ICE at the Polls
By Mike Ludwig This article was originally published by Truthout Trusted figures such as firefighters and clergy will protect Black, Latino, and Asian precincts that could be targets. After dozens…
Free Speech Groups Sound Alarm on “Red Scare” Repression of ICE Watch Activists
By Mike Ludwig This article was originally published by Truthout Advocates asked a court to unseal more details on Trump’s surveillance of churches, schools, and libraries in Minnesota. Free speech…