Immigration
How Policy Impacts Migrants
A Marijuana Boom Led Her to Oklahoma. Then Anti-Drug Agents Seized Her Money and Raided Her Home.
A year after authorities arrested Qiu He, the Chinese immigrant has yet to be charged with a crime. She and others say anti-Asian bias plays a role in the state’s crackdown on the pot industry: “I don’t feel secure here.”
A Seattle Airfield Offers a Rare View of ICE Deportation Flights
Key details about what happens inside ICE Air would still be hidden if not for a group of Washington activists and researchers, who are now using a live video feed from the tarmac to document the flights.
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Bused From Texas to Manhattan, an Immigrant Struggles to Find Shelter
Rogelio Ramon crossed the border into El Paso and found himself with no options except a bus to Manhattan. Once in New York, he was at the mercy of a system that struggles to shelter the hundreds of migrants who arrive in the city each day.
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Impact of Our Reporting
Officials Move to Address Problems Facing Immigrant Workers on Wisconsin Dairy Farms
A ProPublica investigation showed how language barriers contributed to authorities wrongly blaming a dairy farm worker for his son’s death. Lawmakers have responded.
DOJ Investigating Texas’ Operation Lone Star for Alleged Civil Rights Violations
Emails obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune confirm that federal authorities are probing discrimination claims involving Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar border initiative.
Changes in Police Policy, Payouts to Latino Victims of Traffic Stops and Arrests Following Investigations
The state of Pennsylvania paid $865,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed in the wake of a 2018 ProPublica investigation of traffic stops of Latino drivers by its state police working with immigration authorities.
Series
Series: Peligro en las granjas : Los obreros en la sombra de la industria lechera
Series: America’s Dairyland : Risking Workers’ Lives for the Milk We Drink
Series: Billions on the Border : A Closer Look at Taxpayer-Funded Border Initiatives in Texas
Series: Inside the Border Patrol : Enforcing Trump’s Crackdown
Series: Zero Tolerance : Trump’s Immigration Policy at the Border
Series: Trapped In Gangland : How the MS-13 Crackdown Shattered Immigrant Lives
Series: No Sanctuary : The Unshackling of ICE
