New ICE data show more than 66,000 family-unit deportations since January 20, 2025, about one in ten removals, with an August spike above 20 percent, as family detention reopens at Dilley and Karnes.

Mazin Sidahmed co-founded Documented, an immigrant-focused nonprofit newsroom in New York City, after years of living as a migrant outside his native Sudan, moonlighting as a music writer, and…

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The Detention Mortality Map, deaths in ICE custody, medical neglect in detention centers, surveillance, and the profits of private prisons.

65,000 people are currently in ICE detention, but the full impact is much larger and most detained people are deported. 1.75M people could be detained by the end of the second Trump administration.

Decode the U.S. immigration system with clear analysis backed by data and designed for curious readers. Click to read Austin Kocher, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

Decode the U.S. immigration system with clear analysis backed by data and designed for curious readers. Click to read Austin Kocher, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

65,000 people are currently in ICE detention, but the full impact is much larger and most detained people are deported. 1.75M people could be detained by the end of the second Trump administration.

Welcome to the weekly segment called This Week by the {Immigration} Numbers.

Decode the U.S. immigration system with clear analysis backed by data and designed for curious readers. Click to read Austin Kocher, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

The Detention Mortality Map, deaths in ICE custody, medical neglect in detention centers, surveillance, and the profits of private prisons.

Explore an interactive tool examining how many children are affected by parental immigrant detention and what the data reveals about separated families.

The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.

A new partnership with Documented, an immigration-focused outlet in NYC, brings hands-on training to reporters in City and beyond, more opportunities for academic-journalist collaboration.

2026 is the year that the United States breaks with a long history of resettling Christians and other religious minorities fleeing persecution, and many people of faith don’t even know it.

Emergency lawsuit filed in federal court to halt removals under the Alien Enemies Act.

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Mexico City is on lots of people’s radars these days, and for good reason: it’s a hip, world-class city with a warm, bohemian exuberance, all the art, culture, and cuisine you can handle, and it’s an…

Watch or listen to my conversation with attorneys Evan Benz, Anthony Enriquez, and Lesley Nash on challenging ICE's expansion of punitive forms of electronic monitoring.

The Justice Gap for Unaccompanied Children in US Immigration Court: Rurality, Resources, and Client Characteristics as Determinants of Access to Counsel

Mexico City is on lots of people’s radars these days, and for good reason: it’s a hip, world-class city with a warm, bohemian exuberance, all the art, culture, and cuisine you can handle, and it’s an ...