Feature
June 22
Even after the Supreme Court ruling sparing DACA, many immigrants can face deportation. Here are the stories of three families where deportation brought financial ruin, mental health crises—and even death.
News
January 27
New lawsuits by transgender people challenge bans on name changes for those convicted of crimes.
Feature
January 9
How the state’s “restitution program” forces poor people to work off small debts.
News
September 13, 2019
Thousands of cases have been filed since President Trump started forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico.
Analysis
August 23, 2019
Most of the increase comes from immigration charges, not violent crime or drugs, a new report finds.
News
July 16, 2019
A series of policy changes has failed to reduce the ever-growing backlog of cases waiting to be resolved.
The Lowdown
June 27, 2019
A proposal by Julián Castro would make unauthorized border crossing a civil offense, not a crime.
News
June 18, 2019
About 750 federal inmates will be transferred to Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody starting in mid-July.
News
May 8, 2019
‘Voluntary departure’ applications surge as immigrants decide it’s better to return to their native countries than languish in a detention facility.
Feature
February 13, 2019
It’s not how many, it’s how you use them.