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The Department of Homeland Security admitted that it deported an innocent man with protected status to an El Salvadoran prison known for torture and human-rights abuses. The Trump administration claims there’s nothing they, or any American court, can do to bring him back. According to a Tuesday report from The …

I remember returning from serving in support of the Iraq War, while my ship was undergoing a maintenance period, and seeing news of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal breaking on CNN. The scandal was the worst thing to happen to the U.S. Army since the Vietnam War. Sitting on my …

Last fall, Momodou Taal, a dual Gambian and U.K. citizen working toward a Ph.D. in Africana studies at Cornell University, was facing suspension and the loss of his F-1 student visa because he had attended a pro-Palestine campus demonstration. As he told Rolling Stone at the time, having his legal …

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has obtained a list from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that reveals just how terrifyingly easy it is for the government to designate a Venezuelan immigrant as an “Alien Enemy,” including allowing ICE officers to declare tattoos and items of clothing as containing gang …

This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is co-published byRolling Stonewith permission. One by one,men in the prison-like clothing worn by people in immigration custody sit in front of the video conference camera and point to bruises on their bodies. Some point to their faces. Others gesture to …

Soon, if a new proposal from the Trump administration goes into effect, immigrants applying for green cards or citizenship will have to disclose their social media handles with their application, The Intercept reported Sunday. Considering the recent detention of Mahmoud Khalil, an immigrant and Columbia University student who helped lead …

The White House is employing one of Donald Trump’s favorite tactics when faced with a judge who is prioritizing the law over placating the president: attacking their family. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday bashed U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg and his wife, describing them as liberal …

The Trump administration deported to El Salvador hundreds of immigrants it accused of being members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang or MS-13, and the deportations may have taken place after a court explicitly ordered they be halted and any planes in the air turn around. On Friday, Trump …

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested a Columbia University activist who helped lead the Palestinian solidarity encampment on campus last year, multiple outlets reported. Authorities claimed to be responding to a State Department order when they arrested Mahmoud Khalil, who was a lead negotiator in discussions with university administration during …

As President Donald Trump and his administration order ICE raids across the country targeting undocumented immigrants, Trump unveiled his plans to offer a shiny new “gold card” with a price tag of $5 million to “very high-level people,” among them “Russian oligarchs.” When speaking to reporters in the Oval Office …