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Immigration
New Electronic Monitoring Tech Piloted Both Inside and Outside of Prisons, Jails
Some devices have the potential to reveal not just the wearer’s location, but also capture personal data.
GOP Is Using Imagery of White Women Victims to Stoke Anti-Immigrant Fear
The death of Laken Riley, who Trump called “an American daughter,” is at the center of right-wing immigration rhetoric.
ICE Under Fire for Solitary Confinement of Immigrants Amid Suicide Attempts
Internal records reveal the man recently found dead at a privately run ICE prison spent nearly four years in solitary.
Indigenous Farmworkers Forge New Fronts for Labor Struggle in Washington State
A farmworkers union is building local and global solidarity as it fights back against big growers in Washington state.
Suicide Attempts and a Death in Solitary Fuel Latest Push to Shut Down ICE Jail
The Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma has seen multiple hunger strikes to protest inhumane conditions over the years.
WA Activists and Researchers Use Live Video Feed to Document Deportation Flights
Privately run deportation flights have generated troubling reports of passenger mistreatment and in-flight emergencies.
Biden’s Use of the Slur “Illegal” Underscores His Rightward Lurch on Immigration
Trump’s border plan is fascist. Why is the Democratic Party ceding rhetorical ground rather than confronting the right?
The Left Needs a Positive Vision for How Immigration Policy Should Actually Work
As Democrats move right on immigration, the left must boldly embrace open borders, says author John Washington.
Florida Budgets $558,000 to Surveil Immigrants When They Go to the Doctor
Florida’s anti-immigrant law is pushing scared patients to forgo medical treatment — including pregnant women.
Democrats Are Embracing Border Policies They Repeatedly Condemned Under Trump
The party is twisting itself into a pretzel to defend the most restrictive immigration policies in decades.