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 • Pablo Manríquez
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Judge to ICE: Congress Can Visit Unannounced
Plus, Trump ends family reunification, fires 100 judges, hires 9,000 immigration agents, abducts 400 in Minnesota, jails 600 migrant children, bans 39…
 • Pablo Manríquez
These Seven Democrats Voted for Pervy GOP Bill Allowing Strip Searches of Migrant Children
"Kayla Hamilton Act" passed 225–201, authorizing invasive examinations of children 12+ alone in federal custody — civil rights groups warn of…
 • Pablo Manríquez
1:29
ICE Stopped Her Son Outside Target. She Wrote a Letter and Went Back to Work.
Ilhan Omar survived Mogadishu at eight years old. She's not scared of ICE agents stopping her son outside Target—and that's exactly what drives Trump…
 • Pablo Manríquez
"Emmer Fudd" Strikes Again: Big Lies on TV, Jabbering Dupe in Person
Plus, Trump blocks 20 more countries, Latina sues ICE, Christmas tree market collapses, DHS compiles list of attorneys of color, Ukraine battle drones…
 • Pablo Manríquez
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Migrant Insider is the only news boutique in the Washington press corps ever to specialize in daily coverage of the immigration beat. We break a ton of news stories, occasional columns, and post loads of original and crowd-sourced videos on social media.

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AM Dispatch: ICE Assaults Another Pregnant Woman
Plus, Rs split with Trump over Afghan war allies, DOJ prosecutes Wisconsin judge with frivolous charges, naturalization ceremonies cancelled, ICE…
 • Pablo Manríquez
SCOOP: Silent Policy Shift Dooms Detainee Applications
USCIS quietly scraps jailhouse biometrics, guaranteeing “abandonment” denials for detained immigrants who can’t leave to keep their appointments.
 • Pablo Manríquez
AM Dispatch: Ilhan Omar Don't Scare
Plus, H-1B social media vetting starts today; loser ICE husband arrested for impersonating agent wife; death toll in iCE custody soars to 25; Florida …
 • Pablo Manríquez
Kristi Noem Destroyed by Homeland Security Democrats
Trump's fragile cabinet secretary lies to walks out of a hearing after being exposed as a total lightweight.
 • Pablo Manríquez
AM Dispatch: ICE and Border Patrol Agents Continue Raping and Beating Women
Plus, Noem buys more jets, USCIS joins deportation force, Trump plans mass dismissal of asylum cases, court finds 400 migrant children jailed for…
 • Pablo Manríquez
2:05
AM Dispatch: The Man Who Locked the Door
Plus, Illinois bans ICE from courthouses, Senate hearing documents ICE abuses, H-1B appointments kicked to March, deportation threats keep children from…
 • Pablo Manríquez
Senate Report Exposes Systematic Abuse of U.S. Citizens by ICE and CBP, Directly Contradicting Noem’s Denials
Pregnant women, disabled veterans, and a 6-year-old autistic child among those seized by agents operating as 'paramilitary force,' report finds
 • Pablo Manríquez
AM Dispatch: Trump’s ‘Self-Deportation’ Trap: Now They’re Arresting You for Leaving
Plus, work permits slashed, Afghans mass detained, NOLA terror campaign continues, massive ICE surge in Hawaii, another deportation flight to Iran, and…
 • Pablo Manríquez
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Zohran Mamdani Draws a Line Between City Hall and Mass Deportations
Plus, churches protest deportations with nativity scenes, Washington state moves to undermine workplace raids, Vancouver police investigate ICE, 75k…
 • Pablo Manríquez
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The Priest Who Listens
Watch now | Nearly a century after students drove the Klan out of South Bend, Father Bob Dowd is asking whether the “Fighting Irish” still have the guts…
 • Pablo Manríquez
Crossing the Line: How Women Activists Expose America's Immigration Cruelty
Sarah Towle centers the "Angry Tías" of the Rio Grande Valley, revealing how radical care becomes the ultimate resistance against systemic cruelty.
 • Pablo Manríquez

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