Im/migrants and refugees

Sterilization of migrant women in U.S. detention centers causes outrage

September 22, 2020 David Brooks

Sept. 18 — An accusation that there were a large number of hysterectomies done without the consent of the women involved in an immigrant detention center exploded at the beginning of this week. This and […]

Denver caravan protests ICE bosses

May 14, 2020 Kevin Niemann

On May 3, a caravan protest in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colo., demanded the release of all prisoners while drawing attention to the conditions at the GEO Group’s Aurora concentration camp for migrants. The […]

Trump’s green card suspension does nothing but incite racism

May 11, 2020 Bayani

On April 22, President Donald Trump issued a proclamation that nominally suspends immigration and the issuance of green cards (Permanent Resident Cards) for 60 days, effective on April 24. The purpose of the proclamation, according […]

ICE uses pandemic to terrorize migrants

March 29, 2020 Daniel G. Cardwell

As the profit system spins into crisis, workers across the country are forced to remain at home due to layoffs and measures to slow the spread of Covid-19. But it’s business as usual for Immigration […]

ICE deploys paramilitary units against sanctuary cities

March 7, 2020 Daniel G. Cardwell

In the wake of plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shooting an unarmed tourist from Mexico, President Donald Trump deployed a hundred members of the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) — the Border Patrol’s […]

Behind Guatemalan youth’s death in ICE detention camp

December 17, 2019 Scott Scheffer

New information has come forward about the May 20 death of a child–16-year-old Carlos Gregorio Hernández Vásquez–while illegally held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) concentration camp near McAllen, Texas. Video footage of Carlos’ […]

Denver: Hundreds march against ICE prison boss

September 28, 2019 Kevin Niemann

On Sept. 19, as part of a series of protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), several hundred Coloradans took to the streets of Southwest Aurora, a Denver suburb, to protest Johnny Choate at […]

Maryland Says ICE and camps have got to go

August 21, 2019 Andre Powell

On two consecutive weekends, Maryland residents came out to say “No!” to another U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center. Members of Youth Against War and Racism, the Baltimore Peoples Power Assembly, Migrante and […]

ICE raids are union busting

August 17, 2019 Sharon Black

Workers’ rights under attack The writer is a former UFCW food processing plant worker. Aug. 8 — While the El Paso, Texas, community was still in mourning, deeply shaken and suffering from the racist mass […]

Shouts of ‘Abolish ICE!’ confront California ICE director

August 1, 2019 Scott Scheffer

The Long Beach, Calif., home of Thomas Giles, acting regional director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was the site of a taco truck, a terrific mariachi band and protesters who were there to call […]