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Environment
Melting glaciers lift Iceland — literally
The World
January 30, 2015
As ice sheets melt, Iceland is actually rising with them. Researchers have discovered that the earth is moving underneath the melting ice and pushing the rocky island up more than an inch a year.
Justice
These asylum-seekers are being forced to raise their kids in immigration 'jails'
The World
July 07, 2016
Even short-term stays in immigration detention can be harmful to children, say mental health experts. So why does the US government still hold young asylum-seekers?
Justice
Moms go on a hunger strike to get themselves and their kids out of immigration detention
The World
August 25, 2016
After two weeks of skipping meals, the women are taking a short break. But they say will resume if the government does not consider their pleas to be released.
Justice
Advocates say another privately operated immigration detention center for women and children is the wrong approach
The World
August 26, 2016
“Sometimes I’d like to imprison the immigration officials, the judge, the president, so that they can endure 19 days in there with their children,” says one woman who was recently released from immigration detention.
Justice
California's governor vetoed a bill that would stop privately run migrant detention. What now?
The World
September 30, 2016
Some 100,000 people passed through the state’s four immigrant detention centers last year. The Dignity Not Detention bill will have to wait for the federal government to decide if it wants private companies detaining people.
Conflict
As California considers a ‘sanctuary state’ bill, this sheriff isn’t ready to give up his relationship with immigration agents
The World
May 03, 2017
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.
Global Politics
Poor health care in immigrant detention centers may get worse under Trump
The World
May 04, 2017
Immigration detention is big business. Trump will make it even bigger.
Justice
As immigration detention soars, 2.3 million people are also regularly checking in with immigration agents
The World
May 23, 2017
Millions of people in the US live their lives in limbo, under the “supervision” of federal agents and the uncertainty of whether they will be deported. One couple is asking: When can we have children?
Global Politics
The courts called him a terrorist, but one judge and several politicians want him to be able to stay in the US
The World
August 02, 2017
Depending on whom you ask, Malachy McAllister is either an Irish terrorist or a persecuted asylum seeker. Either way, he’s been facing deportation for 10 years.
Justice
The Supreme Court is considering whether immigrants detained for more than six months should have a chance at bail
The World
October 04, 2017
In criminal law, people have the right to a bail hearing while they await trial. The Supreme Court is deciding if immigrants have that same right while they fight deportation.