detention

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When the government wrongly deports people, coming back to the US is almost impossible

Justice

It took 16 years for Herberth Cortez Gaitan to have his asylum case heard, 9 more for him to be deported — and 2 years for him to return to the US after a federal court found that immigration judges had made a mistake.

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Trump’s new order on families at the border raises even more questions about what happens next for child migrants

Immigration
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As immigration arrests rise, advocates warn immigrants to know their rights when agents show up

Justice
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Why a recent Supreme Court decision on bonds is a ‘red flag’ for immigrants in detention

Justice
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An immigrant detainee is sent over 1,000 miles away from his family and lawyer — and fights to return

Justice
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He’s been deported twice. This third time, his family is leaving the US with him.

Justice

Here’s what one family will do to stay together. We’re following their story.

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As California considers a ‘sanctuary state’ bill, this sheriff isn’t ready to give up his relationship with immigration agents

Conflict

For Sheriff Scott Jones, how the city of Sacramento approaches immigration doesn’t matter — as long as he can keep allowing immigration agents into the county’s detention center and can contract with the federal government to detain immigrants.

students

US law students, driven by their own family stories, are helping asylum-seekers

Justice

At the University of California, Davis, law students take on immigrant cases, with guidance, and double as cultural navigators too.

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A new government report is on hold because of errors — and now we know even less about immigration enforcement

Conflict

Immigration officials are halting publishing a weekly report that names cities that don’t comply with requests to hold people beyond their release dates. They had published three reports — all with significant errors.

Lucky Boy

The novel ‘Lucky Boy’ and a timely story of immigration and motherhood

Books

Shanthi Sekaran’s novel, a Global Nation Book Club pick, delves into privilege, motherhood and immigration, legal and not.