People Die While Companies Profit
Rebecca Gordon for Tom Dispatch The March 4, 2026, edition of the Arizona Daily Star put the facts succinctly: “A Haitian asylum seeker held for four months at Florence Correctional…
Afghanistan War Veteran Dies in ICE Custody One Day After Arrest
Mike Ludwig for Truthout On March 13, multiple Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in unmarked vehicles surrounded Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal in front of his home in Texas as he…
Iranian Dies in ICE Custody as Trump Administration Bombs Iran
Mike Ludwig for Truthout As President Donald Trump launches a deadly bombing campaign in Iran that has killed more than 1,800 people, his administration is continuing to antagonize Iranians living…
Kristi Noem Is Leaving a Trail of Death Behind Her in ICE Jails
Mike Ludwig for Truthout eports emerged this week of the death of two more immigrants in the custody of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Emmanuel Damas, 56, a Haitian asylum…
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
This week, ProPublica published a story I wrote based in part on interviews with parents and children being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in…
‘This Is the Scandal’: DHS Data Show ICE Mostly Targeting People With No Criminal Convictions
By Jessica Corbett Common Dreams The libertarian Cato Institute this week further undermined the Trump administration’s claims that it is targeting “the worst of the worst” with its violent immigration…
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record. It was Friday, June 6, and the rent was due. As soon as she…
Migrants Detained in San Diego Are Quietly Being Moved Out of State
Dozens are relocated by ICE, cutting them off from their attorneys and, sometimes, their families.
CIA-Linked Security Company Targeted Former Ecuador President Who Granted Assange Asylum
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter In addition to targeting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a CIA-linked private security company based in Spain allegedly spied on former Ecuador president Rafael Correa.…
Mediterranean Migrant Shipwreck Reveals Cost of Cruel European Asylum Policies
Eighty-one people have been confirmed dead, but roughly 500 more likely drowned when the ship sank, locked below decks.
‘Speechless’: US, Canada Agree on Plan to Turn Away Asylum-Seekers
"We're simply creating the worst scenario possible" for migrants, said one activist.
Beyond the ‘Border Crisis’
Reducing a humanitarian crisis to an issue of “border security” puts real solutions out of reach.
‘Totally Unacceptable’: US Rejecting 90% of Afghans Seeking Asylum Under Humanitarian Program
"We don't feel safe," lamented one Afghan asylum-seeker whose brothers translated for U.S. invasion forces. "We don't know what will happen in an hour. We don't know what will happen…
UK’s ‘Unlawful’ Deportation Flight to Rwanda Halted After European Court Intervenes
Seven asylum seekers were due to be deported to Kigali on Tuesday night before the flight was canceled after a day of last-minute legal challenges and critical direct action protests