immigration

DEA Cleared to Make Immigration Arrests as Mass Deportations Begin

On January 23, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Benjamine Huffman authorized several Justice Department agencies to arrest people suspected…

January 28, 2025

The Overdose Crisis Was Ignored in This Election Cycle

The overdose crisis claims over 100,000 lives each year in the United States, but has received very little attention from…

November 5, 2024

Harris Visits Border, Confirms Plan to Arrest Our Way Out of Overdose Crisis

In her first visit to the United States-Mexico border since 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris met with Customs and Border…

September 30, 2024

The Headlines Doing Fentanyl Math Will Always Be Wrong

Back when I was at the science desk at Newsweek, they used to bring in young reporters on $38,000 a…

August 6, 2024

Feds Have Deported Over 500,000 People for Drugs Since 2002

The federal government has deported hundreds of thousands of people over drug convictions in recent years, details a new report—even…

July 16, 2024

Biden’s Border Security Deal Is Collapsing. What Now?

President Biden's $118 billion anti-immigration deal is collapsing on the eve of its procedural vote in the Senate, abandoned by…

February 7, 2024

Stop Scapegoating Immigrants for the Fentanyl-Involved Overdose Crisis

As the United States continues to grapple with a devastating opioid-involved overdose crisis, conservative policymakers have seized on a familiar…

October 16, 2023

US-Mexico Talks: More Fentanyl Crackdowns, Deportations Loom

Top Biden administration officials have met with the Mexican president to discuss fentanyl, migration and security concerns. Their visit comes…

October 6, 2023

Judge Keeps NJ Immigrant Detention Center Open, as Fight Continues

New Jersey’s last immigrant detention center, in the city of Elizabeth, will remain open after a judge’s decision. First activists,…

August 31, 2023

SF Chronicle’s “Honduran Drug Dealers” Series Fuels Xenophobia

In the past month, the San Francisco Chronicle has published a series of articles ostensibly aimed at getting to the…

July 21, 2023