The most essential feature of immigration court is its unpredictability. We have been court watching since June and what we know is that we don’t know. The world we knew was shattered and we don’t kn...

Fear and emotional fragility are not reasons to stay home. By Laura Esther Wolfson I know little about the legalities and bureaucratic intricacies of immigration; my grandparents took care of all th...

We were all trapped in helplessness. But we were there with one another. Guest Post by Lee Goodman 1. Tears flowed down the girl’s face as we stood talking outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Il...

That day I witnessed different realities on two sides of the courtroom door. By Wanda Siedlecka I try not to think about the place I am heading. It’s easy when I am going there early in the morning....

Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings

Anonymous they’re trying to sell iPads to papis on the train they’re saying don’t lock arms not caring if you’re a rightist or a leftist but you can’t catch two spiders at the same time and we’re way...

So we stood our ground... An excerpt from illdefinitions The boy came dressed clean, with a fresh hair cut. No tattoos, no logos, talking to his brother in Q’eqchi’, one of the indigenous languages ...

Reports from a group of volunteers who support asylum seekers in danger of abduction by ICE in NYC’s federal immigration courts.