Border Patrol in New Mexico Stood By As Right-Wing Militia Terrorized Migrants Videos and audio posted by the group and its supporters on social media raise questions about the agency’s role. Debbie Nathan
A Baby’s Death, a Flawed Autopsy, and a Mother Locked Up for Life Tina Rodriguez was sent to prison in Texas for allegedly starving her son to death. But recent discoveries about the medical examiner who conducted the baby’s autopsy raise questions about her case. Debbie Nathan
Good Samaritans Punished for Offering Lifesaving Help to Migrants In recent years, the number of people federally charged with smuggling and harboring has jumped nearly a third. Debbie Nathan
In El Paso Jails, Immigrants Are Incarcerated Far Past Their Release Dates In the deep blue home of Beto O’Rourke, attorneys and advocates are questioning the county’s multi-million-dollar contract to detain migrants and refugees. Debbie Nathan
ICE Wanted To Deport Him to Jamaica. But He Was Born In The U.S. A Philadelphia-born man was detained by ICE and nearly deported. The agency’s mistake was caught, but the case exposes a new collaborative program that encourages jails to hold immigrants for ICE. Debbie Nathan
Prison Tech Company Is Questioned for Retaining ‘Voice Prints’ of People Presumed Innocent Defense attorneys say they were unaware of the practice and are unclear on how they can expunge the data of nonconvicted clients. George Joseph, Debbie Nathan
Prisons Across the U.S. Are Quietly Building Databases of Incarcerated People’s Voice Prints The technology also allows authorities to mine call databases and cross-reference the voices of individuals prisoners have spoken with. George Joseph, Debbie Nathan
Migrants Say They Pay For Inclusion On ‘La Lista’ To Make Border Crossing Migrants near Brownsville, Texas say that if they don't bribe Mexican officials they're stuck at the bottom of a list of people seeking refuge in the U.S. via international bridges. Debbie Nathan
Migrants Endure Brutal Conditions in Border Encampments As they wait for permission to cross into the U.S., migrants, including children and infants, sleep on concrete and under plastic tarps, exposing them to cold, wind, rain, and illness. Debbie Nathan
Trump Has Turned the War on Trafficking Into a War on Immigrants The president is drawing on two decades of bipartisan support for crackdowns on traffickers to secure support for his agenda at the border. Melissa Gira Grant, Debbie Nathan
ICE Is Using Driver’s License Applications To Arrest Immigrants More states are giving undocumented immigrants driver’s licenses, but many DMVs are sharing their information with ICE. Debbie Nathan
‘Things Have Changed’: A New Texas Anti-Immigration Measure Feeds Fear of the Police SB 4 encourages officers to ask for the status of anyone they detain. Debbie Nathan
Immigrant Who Fled Gangs and Torture Challenges ICE Detainers Attorneys for a Honduran woman are suing over the widespread jailhouse practice of honoring ICE requests to hold incarcerated immigrants for pickup. Debbie Nathan
Black Men Disproportionately Represented On Sex Offender Registries Even though it’s unlikely that they commit sexual assault at higher rates than other ethnic or racial groups, nearly one of every 100 Black men is on a sex offender registry, a rate double that of white men. Debbie Nathan
States Are Enacting Their Own Bans Against ‘Sanctuary City’ Policies In response, a new ‘Freedom Cities’ movement is rising to defend immigrants’ rights. Debbie Nathan
Program Meant To Fight Terrorism and Narcotrafficking Is Being Used to Target The Undocumented Community Opposition to Operation Stonegarden, however, is spreading; one Arizona county just rejected over $1 million of its funds. Debbie Nathan
