<p>“They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights<br>—</p><p>The closure of the 150-person office, which protected the civil rights of both immigrants and U.S. citizens, strips Homeland Security of its internal guardrails as the Trump administration turns DHS into a mass-deportation machine, analysts say.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/homeland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/homeland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hom</span><span class="invisible">eland-security-crcl-civil-rights-immigration-border-patrol-trump-kristi-noem?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/civilrights/" rel="tag">#CivilRights</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/border/" rel="tag">#Border</a></p>
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<p>UPDATE: After this story was prepared for publication, ICE awarded a new contract worth up to $3.8 billion for this company to operate a migrant detention camp on Fort Bliss — its largest contract yet.</p><p>It's the first time ICE is moving ahead with plans to detain thousands of people arrested on U.S. military bases in tents before deportation.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-deployed-resources-tent-company?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-deployed-resources-tent-company?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-deportations-deployed-resources-tent-company?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>"Wait, I’m sorry, the guy smashing a car window to abduct an immigrant may not be with ICE at all, but a member of a far-right militia group?"<br>-W Stancil</p><p>"My search says this individual's name is Michael Meyer, he commonly goes by the name Lewis Arthur, and his group, Veterans on Patrol (VOP), is associated with the Oath Keepers."<br>-M Datson<br>He has a criminal record⬇️<br>🚨Update, I apologize, the ID of the man hasn't been established.<br><a href="/tags/oathkeepers/" rel="tag">#OathKeepers</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/uspol/" rel="tag">#USPol</a><br><a href="https://tucson.com/news/local/man-leading-internet-claims-of-tucson-child-sex-trafficking-camp-arrested-again/article_be4184b7-fb9f-5f68-ab4c-8354814f4784.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="tucson.com/news/local/man-leading-internet-claims-of-tucson-child-sex-trafficking-camp-arrested-again/article_be4184b7-fb9f-5f68-ab4c-8354814f4784.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tucson.com/news/local/man-lead</span><span class="invisible">ing-internet-claims-of-tucson-child-sex-trafficking-camp-arrested-again/article_be4184b7-fb9f-5f68-ab4c-8354814f4784.html</span></a></p>
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<p>Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers.</p><p>Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp. <br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/nathan-albers-fort-bliss-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/nathan-albers-fort-bliss-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/nat</span><span class="invisible">han-albers-fort-bliss-immigration?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/detention/" rel="tag">#Detention</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a></p>
<p>“Status: Venezuelan” tells the story of one family in Florida trying to stay together — and stay in the U.S. legally — as they navigate the shifting immigration landscape under the Trump administration’s policies.</p><p>With FRONTLINE, watch at: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKSzBwTatm8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKSzBwTatm8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKSzBw</span><span class="invisible">Tatm8</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/film/" rel="tag">#Film</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>
<p>After being released from Salvadoran prison CECOT, Albert Jesús Rodríguez Parra says he was relieved to be home with his family but felt traumatized.</p><p>“There is no reason for what I went through,” he said. “I didn’t deserve that.”<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-immigrant-cecot-release-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-immigrant-cecot-release-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ven</span><span class="invisible">ezuelan-immigrant-cecot-release-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/elsalvador/" rel="tag">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a></p>
<p>“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal<br>—</p><p>For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, they open up about the harm they experienced.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelans-cecot-el-salvador-trump-families-video?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/venezuelans-cecot-el-salvador-trump-families-video?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ven</span><span class="invisible">ezuelans-cecot-el-salvador-trump-families-video?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/cecot/" rel="tag">#CECOT</a> <a href="/tags/elsalvador/" rel="tag">#ElSalvador</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a></p>
<p>Immigrants in Alabama Can Face Harsher Sentences Than Citizens for the Same Crimes<br>---</p><p>A review of more than 100 court cases found some immigrants saw harsher punishments, even when they have fewer prior convictions. Defendants in these cases said they believe their citizenship status tipped the scales of justice against them.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/immigrants-alabama-harsher-sentences-citizens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/immigrants-alabama-harsher-sentences-citizens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/imm</span><span class="invisible">igrants-alabama-harsher-sentences-citizens?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/alabama/" rel="tag">#Alabama</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/crime/" rel="tag">#Crime</a> <a href="/tags/justice/" rel="tag">#Justice</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a></p>
<p>A lax regulatory environment has led to the widespread abuse of farmworkers — including threats of violence, stolen wages and forced labor.</p><p>Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.</p><p>But few farms have signed on.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/fair-food-program-farmworker-abuse-exploitation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/fair-food-program-farmworker-abuse-exploitation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/fai</span><span class="invisible">r-food-program-farmworker-abuse-exploitation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/agriculture/" rel="tag">#Agriculture</a> <a href="/tags/farming/" rel="tag">#Farming</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/abuse/" rel="tag">#Abuse</a> <a href="/tags/exploitation/" rel="tag">#Exploitation</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a></p>
<p>Guards have taken away crayons, colored pencils and paper during recent room searches at Dilley, according to detainees and others.</p><p>After one inspection, the children just “cried and cried and cried,” a mother said. The facility denies the claims.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/dilley-detention-center-kids-art-removal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/dilley-detention-center-kids-art-removal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/dil</span><span class="invisible">ley-detention-center-kids-art-removal?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/texas/" rel="tag">#Texas</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/art/" rel="tag">#Art</a></p>
<p>Javier Sanchez Mendoza Jr. helped Sofi secure an H-2A visa, promising a job on a Georgia blueberry farm.</p><p>When she arrived, she was not sent out to work in the fields like the others. She was forced to live at his house and sign a marriage license.<br><a href="https://projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-farmworkers-operation-blooming-onion/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="projects.propublica.org/h2a-visa-farmworkers-operation-blooming-onion/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">projects.propublica.org/h2a-vi</span><span class="invisible">sa-farmworkers-operation-blooming-onion/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/farming/" rel="tag">#Farming</a> <a href="/tags/agriculture/" rel="tag">#Agriculture</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/visa/" rel="tag">#Visa</a></p>
<p>“This is beyond my dreams,” children's hospital chaplain Ayman Soliman told ProPublica in a call minutes after he was freed from an Ohio jail where he’d been detained since the spring. “I’m still overwhelmed by the surprise.”</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ayman-soliman-dhs-deportation-free-ohio?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ayman-soliman-dhs-deportation-free-ohio?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/aym</span><span class="invisible">an-soliman-dhs-deportation-free-ohio?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ohio/" rel="tag">#Ohio</a> <a href="/tags/cincinnati/" rel="tag">#Cincinnati</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a></p>
<p>The H-2A visa program has failed to protect migrant farmworkers from wage theft, forced labor, violence and death.</p><p>Here’s what experts, lawyers and advocates think would make the program safer.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/h-2a-farmworker-visa-safety-suggestions-experts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/h-2a-farmworker-visa-safety-suggestions-experts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/h-2</span><span class="invisible">a-farmworker-visa-safety-suggestions-experts?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/farming/" rel="tag">#Farming</a> <a href="/tags/agriculture/" rel="tag">#Agriculture</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/visa/" rel="tag">#Visa</a> <a href="/tags/labor/" rel="tag">#Labor</a> <a href="/tags/safety/" rel="tag">#Safety</a></p>
<p>ICE sprays directly in the face the lead pastor for First Presbyterian in Chicago. This photo I believe will go down in history. </p><p><a href="/tags/nokings/" rel="tag">#NoKings</a> <a href="/tags/protest/" rel="tag">#Protest</a> <a href="/tags/solidarity/" rel="tag">#Solidarity</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/massdeportation/" rel="tag">#MassDeportation</a> <a href="/tags/endice/" rel="tag">#EndICE</a> <a href="/tags/stopice/" rel="tag">#StopICE</a> <a href="/tags/project2025/" rel="tag">#Project2025</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> <a href="/tags/thisisfascism/" rel="tag">#ThisIsFascism</a> <a href="/tags/thisiswhatyouvotedfor/" rel="tag">#ThisIsWhatYouVotedFor</a> <a href="/tags/electionshaveconsequences/" rel="tag">#ElectionsHaveConsequences</a> <a href="/tags/savedemocracy/" rel="tag">#SaveDemocracy</a> <a href="/tags/usconstitution/" rel="tag">#USConstitution</a> <a href="/tags/dueprocess/" rel="tag">#DueProcess</a> <a href="/tags/justfollowingorders/" rel="tag">#JustFollowingOrders</a> <a href="/tags/nationalguard/" rel="tag">#NationalGuard</a> <a href="/tags/alligatorauschwitz/" rel="tag">#AlligatorAuschwitz</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinfiles/" rel="tag">#EpsteinFiles</a> <a href="/tags/epsteinclientlist/" rel="tag">#EpsteinClientList</a> <a href="/tags/oathtodefendtheconstitution/" rel="tag">#OathToDefendTheConstitution</a> <a href="/tags/freepress/" rel="tag">#FreePress</a> <a href="/tags/letsgotaco/" rel="tag">#LetsGoTaco</a></p>
<p>“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off," one flight attendant was told.</p><p>“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another.</p><p>Revisit our <a href="/tags/3/" rel="tag">#3</a> most-read story of 2025: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ins</span><span class="invisible">ide-ice-air-deportation-flights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/aviation/" rel="tag">#Aviation</a> <a href="/tags/journalism/" rel="tag">#Journalism</a></p>
<p>Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates.</p><p>Those dates have come and gone.</p><p>They’re still stuck here.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-self-deportation-cbp-home-app?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-self-deportation-cbp-home-app?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-self-deportation-cbp-home-app?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/app/" rel="tag">#App</a></p>
<p>Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.</p><p>ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-self-deportation-cbp-home-app?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-self-deportation-cbp-home-app?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-self-deportation-cbp-home-app?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/app/" rel="tag">#App</a></p>
<p>Documents Reveal Real Reason for Raid on Chicago Apartment Building<br>---</p><p>The DHS arrest records make no mention of the Tren de Aragua gang even though officials repeatedly cited its presence in the building as motivation for the raid, in which agents descended from a Blackhawk helicopter and zip-tied U.S. citizens.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">cago-venezuela-immigration-ice-raid-landlord-tren-de-aragua?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a></p>
<p>Today, Congressional Democrats are spotlighting a particularly troubling part of Trump's immigration dragnet: the American kids — including some featured in ProPublica's reporting — who have been collateral damage in the deportation campaign.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/american-kids-detained-trump-immigration-deportation-democrats-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/american-kids-detained-trump-immigration-deportation-democrats-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ame</span><span class="invisible">rican-kids-detained-trump-immigration-deportation-democrats-investigation?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#Democrats</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/congress/" rel="tag">#Congress</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/dhs/" rel="tag">#DHS</a></p>
<p>“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime<br>---</p><p>Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arrested in a Chicago raid are telling their stories.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/chi</span><span class="invisible">cago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/chicago/" rel="tag">#Chicago</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/fbi/" rel="tag">#FBI</a> <a href="/tags/venezuela/" rel="tag">#Venezuela</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a></p>
<p>Year 1 of Trump’s immigration crackdown:</p><p>- U.S. citizens were held against their will.<br>- ICE placed at least 600 immigrant kids in federal shelters.<br>- Student activists became a target.</p><p>That’s not all. Our year in review: <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-mass-deportation-campaign-first-year?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/trump-mass-deportation-campaign-first-year?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-mass-deportation-campaign-first-year?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/deportation/" rel="tag">#Deportation</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a></p>
<p>The Prime Minister of <a href="/tags/spain/" rel="tag">#Spain</a> 's clear explanation of why thriving societies should accommodate <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#immigrants</a>.</p><p> +<br>'Challenges are not driven by migrants’ ethnicity, race, or language. but by the same forces that affect our own citizens: poverty, inequality, unregulated markets, barriers to education and health care. </p><p>We should focus our efforts on addressing those issues, because they are the real threats to our way of life'</p><p><a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opinion/spain-migrants-europe.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KlA.CxMN.hRCPsb53Mn6R&smid=nytcore-android-share" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opinion/spain-migrants-europe.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KlA.CxMN.hRCPsb53Mn6R&smid=nytcore-android-share"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/opi</span><span class="invisible">nion/spain-migrants-europe.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KlA.CxMN.hRCPsb53Mn6R&smid=nytcore-android-share</span></a></p><p><a href="https://archive.ph/VtQS8" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>archive.ph/VtQS8</a></p>
<p>9-year-old Maria Antonia was supposed to go to Disney World.</p><p>Instead, immigration agents sent her to Dilley, Texas.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-maria-antonia-guerra-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-maria-antonia-guerra-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/ice</span><span class="invisible">-dilley-maria-antonia-guerra-story?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/detention/" rel="tag">#Detention</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/family/" rel="tag">#Family</a> <a href="/tags/disney/" rel="tag">#Disney</a></p>
<p>Immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have filed more than 18,000 challenges in federal court.</p><p>The cases, known as habeas petitions, total more than were filed under the last three administrations combined, including Trump’s first term.<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/habeas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.propublica.org/article/habeas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.propublica.org/article/hab</span><span class="invisible">eas-petitions-immigrant-detentions-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#News</a> <a href="/tags/immigration/" rel="tag">#Immigration</a> <a href="/tags/ice/" rel="tag">#ICE</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#Law</a> <a href="/tags/uspolitics/" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> <a href="/tags/immigrants/" rel="tag">#Immigrants</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#Legal</a></p>