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Congress Is About to Vote on $140 Billion for ICE. Nobody Knows Where the Last $100 Billion Went.
DHS stopped reporting spending data when the shutdown began. Now Republicans are moving to appropriate more — without a public accounting of what's…
22 hrs ago • Pablo Manríquez
"ICE Works For me" — Now She's On Leave
Watch now | A government contractor filed an OIG complaint against a 29-year-old deputy assistant secretary for counterterrorism at DHS. Congress has…
Apr 24 • Pablo Manríquez
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SCOOP: Republicans Want to Add ICE Money Into the Farm Bill
As GOP Senators lock-in $70B more for immigration enforcement, House Rs are in talks to use the Farm Bill as yet another vehicle to fund ICE — a gambit…
Apr 23 • Pablo Manríquez
The Dignity Racket
Fourteen years. Ten thousand dollars. No citizenship. Meet the Dignity Act — Maria Elvira Salazar's signature legislation and Washington's…
Apr 23 • Pablo Manríquez
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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
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"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
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