Trump Loves ICE. Its Workforce Has Never Been So Miserable.
A “mission impossible” deportation campaign has left many employees burned out and morally conflicted.
Nick Miroff
Nick Miroff is a staff writer at The Atlantic who covers immigration, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S.-Mexico border. He was a reporter for 18 years at The Washington Post, where he won an Overseas Press Club award and the Maria Moors Cabot Prize for reporting on Latin America. Nick can be reached on Signal at NickMiroff.78
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With a repurposed app and free teddy bears, the Trump administration is pressuring migrants to leave.
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The protesters gathered in downtown L.A. are a microcosm of the Democratic coalition that has dominated the city for decades.
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His return doesn’t mean he can go free. But it does mean the administration has changed course.
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The reality of the suspect’s immigration status is more complex than the president and his aides have portrayed.
Mark Makela / Reuters In Trump Immigration Cases, It’s One Thing in Public, Another in Court
In court, the Trump administration is required to tell the truth.
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Many of those sent to countries that aren’t their own are at heightened risk for abuse.
Credit: Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: David Ryder / Getty; THEPALMER / Getty; Christopher Dilts / Bloomberg / Getty. America Is the Land of Opportunity—For White South Africans
Trump has frozen refugee admissions and cut off resettlement funding, but he has made an exception for white South Africans, who he says are victims of racial discrimination.
Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty The Terrible Optics of ICE Enforcement Are Fueling a Trump Immigration Backlash
The president was elected, in part, on a pledge to crack down on immigration. But he may be overinterpreting his mandate.
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