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Trump's Defiant Deportation Flights to El Salvador: My Breakdown with The Majority Report
I sat down today with Sam Seder and Emma Vigeland at The Majority Report to discuss the controversies and context of this rapidly-unfolding situation…
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Family Detention: What You Need to Know About Its Past, Present, and Future
Family detention ended after years of lawsuits, medical warnings, and public outrage. Now, it’s back—despite clear evidence that it’s harmful, costly…
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Immigrant Detention Numbers Now Highest in Five Years, $430M in New Funding Likely to Fuel Further Growth
The latest ICE data show that over 46,000 immigrants are now held in detention. This finding comes just as Congress approves $430 million in new funding…
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Alternative Ways of Seeing Immigration: Visual, Literary, and Creative Approaches
These seven books draw you into the global story of human migration using artistic styles that you won't normally find in traditional non-fiction books…
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Your Introduction to Mahmoud Khalil’s Deportation Case and the Legal Battle Ahead
This post focuses on the fundamentals of Mahmoud Khalil’s case, including the core legal and ethical questions, why attorneys are already calling it…
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Why Immigration Data Matters—And How Journalists Can Use It More Effectively
Immigration is one of the most debated and politically charged topics in the United States, and yet, the data behind immigration policy is often…
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When Bigotry Backfires: A Receipt, a Reckoning, and the Everyday Cost of Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric
When a customer at a Mexican restaurant lashed out at a server, she didn’t expect to lose her job over it. A look at how anti-immigrant rhetoric shapes…
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Speaking of Nationalism: New Policy Makes English the Official Language of the US
President Trump's new executive order making English the official language of the United States has its roots in the anti-immigrant movement and 20th…
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February 2025

Immigration Data Literacy Skills to Help You Survive a New Wave of ICE Confusion
In this issue: ICE's latest detention data contains errors, growth of non-criminal detainees continues, and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's inadequate…
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The State of Immigration Journalism: Insights & Advice for Reporters (and the rest of us)
On Tuesday, February 25, @ 12:00 PM: Join Caitlin Dickerson, Linda Dakin-Grimm, and myself for a lively discussion about immigration reporting in 2025…
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ICE's Latest Detention Data Shows Growth of Immigrants Targeted With No Criminal Histories – Exactly as Predicted
ICE published new detention data today that reflects the outcomes of ICE's recent "enforcement surge." Let's take a closer look.
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The Migrant Disappearance Protocols: Trump Sends Immigrants to "Legal Black Hole" at Guantánamo Bay
Guantánamo Bay isn’t where people go when they break the law; Guantánamo Bay is where the presidents goes when they want to break the law.
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