Management
A Border Patrol Agent Reveals What It’s Really Like to Guard Migrant Children
With the agency under fire for holding children in deplorable conditions and over racist and misogynistic Facebook posts, one agent speaks about what it’s like to do his job. “Somewhere down the line people just accepted what’s going on as normal.”
Management
At Least 30 Migrant Children Have Been Separated From Their Parents for More Than a Year
A report from the House Oversight Committee provides new details on the calamity at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Management
Immigrant Children Sent to Chicago Shelters Are Traumatized and Sick, in Some Instances With Chicken Pox or Tuberculosis
Hundreds of children are being detained in shelters run by Heartland Human Care Services, which says it has made changes since allegations that children were neglected and mistreated.
Management
Border Patrol Agents Are Passing Around A Commemorative Coin Mocking Care for Migrant Kids
The coin declares “KEEP THE CARAVANS COMING” under an image of a parade of migrants crossing the border.
Management
Border Patrol Condemns Secret Facebook Group, but Reveals Few Specifics
The agency won’t say how many employees have been disciplined or warned in the ongoing scandal over offensive social media posts.
Management
Mother Blames ICE for Toddler's Death in Emotional Congressional Testimony
Asylum seeker says federal agents treated her cruelly and provided inhumane conditions.
Management
ICE and the Ever-Widening Surveillance Dragnet
ICE agents have used facial-recognition technology on state driver’s-license photos, turning a public database into a de facto criminal database.
Defense
Homeland Security Requests 1,000 More Troops at the U.S.-Mexico Border
New request specifically taps Texas National Guard units.
Defense
Immigration Officials Use Secretive Gang Databases to Deny Migrant Asylum Claims
Legal experts and human rights advocates say they were not told about the databases and question their reliability.
Oversight
Lawmaker Calls for Outside Investigation of Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group
The Homeland Security Department has condemned derogatory comments posted within the group and promised a review of its own.
Defense
'Nothing Prepares You for the Inhumanity of It:' House Democrats Visit Texas Border Patrol Facilities
At a visit this week, the freshman congresswoman Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania met weeping women and exchanged notes with detained children.
Management
IG Issues Alert for 'Dangerous' Conditions at Detention Facilities That Require 'Immediate Attention'
Migrants have been denied showers, hot food and forced into standing room only conditions for long periods of time.
Oversight
Investigation of Secret Border Patrol Group Launched as New Degrading Facebook Posts Surface
A ProPublica story revealing demeaning posts directed at Latina lawmakers prompted widespread revulsion.
Defense
Inside the Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Where Agents Joke About Migrant Deaths and Post Sexist Memes
The three-year-old group, which has roughly 9,500 members, shared derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers who plan to visit a controversial Texas detention facility on Monday, calling them “scum buckets” and “hoes.”
Workforce
Trump’s Latest Controversial Immigration Appointee Is Already Clashing With His Workforce
Ken Cuccinelli accuses his employees, and their union, of "choosing to deny reality" after they back lawsuit over new policy.
Workforce
Trump Administration Threatens to Make Employees Work Without Pay Over Border Funding Shortfall
Congress may act in time to provide emergency funding, but some damage may already be done.
Management
‘Children Were Dirty, They Were Scared, and They Were Hungry’
An immigration attorney describes what she witnessed at the border.
Management
Why a Government Lawyer Argued Against Giving Immigrant Kids Toothbrushes
The sheer effrontery of the government’s argument may be explained, but not excused, by its long backstory.
Management
Detaining Refugee Children At Military Bases May Sound Un-American, But It’s Been Done Before
Fort Sill, a military base in Oklahoma, will soon house 1,400 Central American children, the Trump administration says. It's not the first time the U.S. has used army bases to house refugees.
Management