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Six Immigration Stories Hiding in Plain Sight
The enforcement machine never sleeps. Neither should the press.
Apr 20 • Pablo Manríquez
The Man ICE Took Was Already in a Museum
Criselda Vasquez's father posed for one of the most celebrated immigrant portraits in American art. Federal agents detained him on a California street.
Apr 19 • Pablo Manríquez
Matsui Said ‘Hell No’ to ICE Funding. Her Voting Record Says Otherwise.
The California Democrat was born in an internment camp. She’s also voted to fund ICE five times. Now she wants credit for opposing it.
Apr 18 • Pablo Manríquez
Same Beat. Sharper Look.
Migrant Insider tapped Houston designer Roque Strew for a full visual overhaul. The mission didn't change. The presentation did.
Apr 18 • Pablo Manríquez
They Already Got The Money (Analysis)
ICE and CBP received $140 billion last year. They spent 11% of it. Senate Republicans want to give them more — and nobody can see where the rest went.
Apr 17 • Pablo Manríquez
SCOOP: Home Depot Shareholders to Vote on Whether Parking Lot Cameras Are Helping ICE Find Customers
A vote at the company's May 21 annual meeting could force the retail giant to account for how its license plate reader network may be enabling…
Apr 17 • Pablo Manríquez
They Said Discharge Petitions Don't Work on Immigration Policy. Ayanna Pressley Just Proved Them Wrong.
Final vote on three-year extension of protections for 350,000 Haitians passed today 220-207.
Apr 16 • Pablo Manríquez
6:25
"No Such Thing as Absolute Immunity" — ICE Agent Finally Faces Felony Charges
A Hennepin County prosecutor just charged an ICE agent with felony assault. The Trump administration won't be happy. She doesn't care.
Apr 16 • Pablo Manríquez
Five Immigration Stories That Should Be Leading the News
They're not. That's why we're here.
Apr 15 • Pablo Manríquez
ICE Doesn't Need the Money. Republicans Want to Give It a Decade's Worth Anyway.
Senate GOP is using a budget shortcut to fund an agency already financed through 2029 — and calling it an emergency.
Apr 14 • Pablo Manríquez
Pope Leo Defies Trump White House
My interview with Christopher Hale, creator of "Letters From Leo", on the first American Pope challenging Trump on war, artificial intelligence, and…
Apr 12 • Pablo Manríquez and Christopher Hale
51:40
An Unlikely Defender of Immigrant Crime Victims Inside the Trump Administration
Trump's D.C. U.S. Attorney and former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro didn't just support U visa protections for crime victims "regardless of their legal…
Apr 11 • Pablo Manríquez
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