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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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"Community is How We Get Through the Darkness": Unexpected Lessons from an Immigration Conference
The 10th Annual Asylum and Immigration Law Conference was held at New York Law School this week, but most of the lessons I learned weren't on the…
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Saying the Thing Out Loud: Trump's Latest Refugee Order Embraces White Victimhood
While the refugee system is suspended for the rest of the world, a new order from President Trump creates a special exception for white South Africans…
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First Look: ICE's Detained Population Declines Under Trump
ICE published its first detention data of the Trump administration. Let's see how it compares to recent numbers under Biden.
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Will Trump's Immigration Enforcement Policies Target Dangerous Criminals? - A Close Look at the Data
ICE represents its enforcement surge as targeting dangerous criminals, but data tells a different story. Why non-criminals will make up the bulk of ICE…
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ICE's Immigration Enforcement Data: Can You Trust It?
ICE is publishing data about the Trump administration's immigration enforcement surge, but creating confusion in the process. An essay about data…
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January 2025

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