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ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care
Three-quarters of ICE’s own 2025 death reviews, briefly posted online, raised substandard and “inappropriate” care of ill detainees. Detention staff broke with safe standards of medical care for at least six detainees who died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in 2025, according to internal reviews posted on — and later removed from — ICE’s website.
ICE Deleted Reviews for Deaths in Custody That Cited Shoddy Medical Care
Detention staff broke with safe standards of medical care for at least six detainees who died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody in 2025, according to internal reviews posted on — and later removed from — ICE’s website. The reviews found that staff across multiple ICE detention centers mismanaged medication, skipped physical exams, ignored lab orders, and delayed treatments for sick detainees.
The Unraveling of Afghan Asylum
Afees Monsef has a grave magnetism that makes him easy to find, even in a crowd.1 We first met in the spring of 2025, at a gathering in the basement of the Hazrati Abu Bakr Siddique mosque in Flushing, two years after he and his family of eight crossed the US–Mexico border fleeing persecution by the Taliban.
All Eyes on ICE
On a cold, windy morning in late December, about 10 people gathered around a table at a deli across from 26 Federal Plaza, one of New York City’s main immigration courthouses and a field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Jonathan Sirabella, a member of the New Sanctuary Coalition, a faith-based organization that opposes detentions and deportations, was the point person for the group, which included veteran court watchers and first-time volunteers.
The Death of Asylum
On June 3rd, 2024, President Joe Biden announced a policy change with catastrophic implications. Following record-high migration across the United States–Mexico border, he issued a presidential proclamation capping the number of people who were allowed to cross the border to seek asylum.
Sanctuary City | Tanvi Misra
Illustration by Stuart Davis Come January, New York City will be led by an immigrant—and, in a series of firsts, by a Muslim Indian American from Uganda. This kind of representation is meaningful in and of itself for many New Yorkers who hail from elsewhere, “especially when immigrant communities are being grabbed off the streets,” as Ana María Archila of the Working Families Party told The New York Times.
They Were Sent to a Country That Didn't Want Them. Now, They're Stateless.
One cloudy morning this past March, 36-year-old Aasis Subedi found himself back in the country his family had fled when he was 4. At the airport in Bhutan,he recognized the traditional bakhu dress of the approaching government officials; a surge of anxiety passed through him. Subedi had arrived alongside nine other Bhutanese men who had immigrated to the U.S. legally but were deported because of criminal convictions ranging from substance abuse and trespassing to assault and burglary.
What Happened to The Migrants The U.S. Dumped In Panama?
On a humid evening in early June, Jharana Chhetri said good-bye to the group of people she had come to know intimately over her last three months in Panama. Jharana had freshly showered and wore an orange and white T-shirt with a tie-dye design. She and a small group - two other Nepali women, one of whom was her closest friend, a Nepali boy she had taken under her wing, and a young woman from Afghanistan - were ready to leave what had been their home since March.
What Happened to the Migrants the U.S. Dumped in Panama?
Norwich City head coach Liam Manning goes up against his former side when the Canaries host Bristol City in the Championship on Saturday (15:00 BST). Manning joined Norwich from the Robins in June but has not managed to win a game at Carrow Road since taking over the hotseat. Here are some of the key …
They’ve won in court, but ICE is still detaining and trying to deport them
When a 41-year-old Nigerian mother of two appeared before an immigration judge in New Jersey in January, she was ready with her life story. Laura, as her friends call her, arrived in the United States on a tourist visa in 2020. She was fleeing domestic violence and in-laws who she believed would kill her because she refused to let them subject her daughter to female genital mutilation—a practice she herself underwent at 6.
Dilemma in Denver
Denver was still recovering from a heavy spring storm when Maria Chavez and Adrian Rivero arrived in town. Their bus rolled in on a cloudy evening in May 2023, dropping them off near a Latino neighborhood beside Federal Boulevard. After two full days of travel, the Venezuelan couple were glad for the chance to get out and move. They had been in the United States for only a week, but Denver was their third American city.
The Deportation Dragnet
On March 7th, Ranjani Srinivasan, a Columbia University doctoral student from India and the holder of an F-1 student visa, was on a Zoom call with an advisor from the university’s international students’ office when a group of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents knocked on her door.
Blame It on Kane
Let’s nip this in the bud: I hate it here. The greater area of Knoxville, Tennessee, exists to curdle my hard-won equilibrium, from the hillbilly-themed minigolf courses of Gatlinburg to the disco ball folly of the dilapidated Sunsphere, that copulatory 1982 World’s Fair eyesore that mars the skyline and impugns my genitalia.
What Will You Do?
Activism / March 28, 2025 What Will You Do? What’s your “I am Spartacus” move to protect the more vulnerable, the targeted, the invisibled, the next-on-the-list? Ad Policy Rumeysa Ozturk being arrested by ICE.(CBS News) Tonight I opened Instagram on my iPhone and the very first thing it showed me was a video of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, being arrested by ICE.
“Essentially Cages”: ICE Is Using Courthouse Cells for Lengthy Detentions
Share Detainees report not having access to private toilets, showers, hygiene products, and lifesaving HIV and diabetes medication. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Office Director Matt Elliston listens during a briefing on January 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Maryland. On the sixth floor of the federal courthouse building in downtown Baltimore, sealed off from the public, there are holding rooms containing little besides a single toilet.
At Home He’s a Tourist
On the morning of November 5, the day of the 2024 presidential election, the algorithm delivered me the promise of escape. Titled “Here’s How to Buy Citizenship in Another Country,” the article lamented the global character of climate change and the fact that “political turmoil is upending longstanding democracies.” Despite the polycrisis’s indifference to borders, the author suggested I might be happier elsewhere.
What Does Caste Have to Do With Kamala Harris? Original
At the large white marble-top kitchen island, two American women of Indian descent are chopping onions and exchanging notes on their similar family backgrounds. “So, South Indians, it’s vegetarian,” says then-Senator Kamala Harris to comedian and producer Mindy Kaling, who responds with an anecdote about visiting her own strict, vegetarian Hindu family in South India.
The Fatal Flaw in the Border Patrol’s Rescue Program
This story was produced in partnership with Type Investigations, where Tanvi Misra was an Ida B. Wells fellow. Este artículo también está disponible en español. The two Guatemalan boys huddled under a shiny black blanket that reflected the moonlight. It was their first night alone. Their only link to family was a cellphone, so they texted their uncle, Carlos D.L., in California: “Tío conteste, nos dejaron tirados.” Uncle, they left us here.
The fatal flaw in the Border Patrol’s rescue program
This story was produced in partnership with Type Investigations, where Tanvi Misra was an Ida B. Wells fellow. Este artículo también está disponible en español. The two Guatemalan boys huddled under a shiny black blanket that reflected the moonlight. It was their first night alone. Their only link to family was a cellphone, so they texted their uncle, Carlos D.L., in California: “Tío conteste, nos dejaron tirados.” Uncle, they left us here.
La falla fatal en las operaciones de rescate de la Patrulla Fronteriza
This story was produced in partnership with Type Investigations, where Tanvi Misra was an Ida B. Wells fellow. This article is also available in English. Los dos chicos guatemaltecos se acurrucaron bajo una manta negra brillante que reflejaba la luz de la luna. Era su primera noche solos. Su único vínculo con la familia era un teléfono celular, así que le enviaron un mensaje de texto a su tío, Carlos D.L., en California: “Tío conteste, nos dejaron tirados”.
Report finds Arizona 911 dispatchers fail to help lost migrants
On June 27, 2022, around 1:44 a.m., a man lost in the desert outside Tucson, Arizona called 911. An emergency services dispatcher for Pima County answered. The man, clearly distressed, tried to describe his surroundings and explain that he was lost, wet and freezing. But before he could finish, the dispatcher interrupted him, saying, “I don’t understand,un momento,” and abruptly transferred the call to the U.S. Border Patrol.
‘They’re Using Our Tax Money to Kill Our Loved Ones’
Residents march in support of Palestinians on Oct. 14, 2023 in Dearborn, Mich. Dearborn is home to one of the largest populations of Arabs and Arab diaspora in the U.S. | Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan — It’s well past 9 p.m. on a Wednesday in late October. Evening prayers have long concluded, but a few congregants lag behind to talk. Outside the Farmington Hills Community Mosque, rain batters the concrete.
No Children Here
Typically, Alex’s grandmother rose at five in the morning to start her household chores, but on this summer day in June 2013, she was up an hour earlier. She shook her eldest grandchild awake and handed over a black backpack filled with hygiene products and a single pair of shoes. Alex, she announced, was leaving for America.
They Thought Their Sick Little Girl Would Be Safe in America. Then It Denied Her Family Entry. Original
They Thought Their Sick Little Girl Would Be Safe in America. Then It Denied Her Family Entry. Two years since the chaotic withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, the world has moved on. But one Afghan family with a very sick little girl is still waiting — and hoping — to move to the U.S. Ifat Nasiri wants another lollipop to take back to her sister, Surwat, on Aug. 27 at Sidra Medicine in Doha, Qatar.
One plus one makes a community
By Tanvi Misra and Shubham Gupta Do you think Mohan from ‘Swades,’ or Bhuwan from ‘Lagaan’ would have been able to sell a dream if there were not enough people to believe them? Do you think ‘Swades’ and ‘Lagaan’ would have made the same impact on its viewers if it was just one protagonist and not a community striving to attain a dream?
No One Left to Kidnap--April 17, 2023
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/haiti-gangs-ariel-henry-biden/ Haiti is still in crisis. Out of the headlines, perhaps, but far from safe, secure, or stable. In recent weeks, gangs have continued their slash-and-burn campaign, setting fire to whole neighborhoods, and to police headquarters around the capital and the country, including in the agricultural center of Haiti, the Artibonite Valley.
The Pipeline Funneling US Deportees to Haitian Prison
It was the mundane pleasures that Patrick Julney missed the most: a cold glass of water out of the refrigerator; a warm handshake with a friend on the street; the unique comfort of a familiar bed; a plate of chicken and waffles.1 Instead, he faced a sordid reality: In his cell at the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Julney slept sitting upright on a bucket. With roughly 40 men packed into the small space, he had no room to lie down.
November 28/December 5, 2022, Issue
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Sex and the Citizenship Process
Sexts. Suggestive photos. Saucy videos. More than you might think, this kind of intimate ephemera ends up on the desks of immigration officers vetting marriages between U.S. citizens and noncitizens, forever to be archived in the cabinets of American bureaucracy. It happens often enough that some immigration officers have taken to calling these materials — sent in as marriage bona fides — “boner fides” in jest.
The Great Replacement Theory Was Never "Fringe"
On rereading The Great Gatsby earlier this year, I came upon a passage that I had not noticed, or understood, when I first encountered this F. Scott Fitzgerald classic many years ago. In it, Tom Buchanan—an old-money socialite and notorious bully married to Nick Carraway’s cousin Daisy—"violently" expresses his pessimism for the future. "If we don’t look out," the white race is at risk of being "utterly submerged," he says.
Subject: None None To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records: All contracts, invoices, memoranda of understanding, licenses, subscription agreements, and other agreements regarding the licensing and use of cell site simulator technology, also known as “stingray” or “IMSI catchers" between 2018 and 2022 with vendors, including but not limited to Harris Corporation (also known as L3 Harris Technologies) and Tactical Support...
DHS OIG investigation into phone surveillance
Subject: None None To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records: On Nov. 25, 2020, the DHS Office of Inspector General sent a letter to a group of U.S. Senators announcing an investigation into the Department’s phone surveillance practices.
Beyond Diverse - Urban Omnibus
Over the last decade and a half, a program to carve pedestrian plazas out of New York City roadways has expanded from Times Square out to Corona and Kensington, and from a handful of experimental closings to almost eighty plazas today. These have become neighborhood fixtures, or, in the case of Jackson Heights’ Diversity Plaza, a potent symbol of a multicultural metropolis.
Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: chad mizelle location data memo None To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records: A 2020 memorandum authored by former Department of Homeland Security top official Chad Mizelle on the purchase of location da.ta by DHS agencies Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
CARRP-USCIS
Subject: Freedom of Information Act Request: CARRP-USCIS Portal To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records: All records including, but not limited to, emails, draft memos, final memos, guidances, and official directives including the term "Controlled Application Review and Resolution Program" and/or its abbreviation "CARRP" between 2008 and 2022. Background: A memorandum from Jonathan R.
CDC-Miller communications
Subject: None None To Whom It May Concern: Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records: All correspondence to or from former Department of Homeland officials including Steven Miller, Chad Wolf, Chad Mizelle, and Alejandro Mayorkas to this agency regarding the "Title 42" policy announced March 20, 2020, and extended thereafter.
‘We have to survive’: Meet NYC immigrant women fighting for their communities during the pandemic – QNS.com
Sign up for our PoliticsNY newsletter for the latest coverage and to stay informed about the 2021 elections in your district and across NYC This piece originally appeared on THE CITY, and is published in partnership with Documented and The Fuller Project. During the first few months of the pandemic, the normally vibrant and noisy end of Woodside, Queens, was blanketed by ominous silence. Gone were the squeals of kids pouring out of Taekwondo class, the screech of sneakers on the Frank D.
NY's Excluded Workers Fund is Almost Out of Money
Over 200 community members, immigrant advocates, and elected representatives gathered at Washington Square Park on Tuesday to demand Gov. Kathy Hochul add more funds to the rapidly dwindling Excluded Workers Fund (EWF) program. The rally was organized by the EWF coalition, which is comprised of more than 100 community organizations that have advocated for the funds since before it was passed.
The Ugly Bipartisan Obsession with the “Right” Number of Immigrants
In the United States, immigration is first and foremost a matter of caps and limits. The maximum number of refugees the Biden administration has agreed to accept in fiscal year 2022: 125,000. The number of refugees it has so far funded for that year: 65,000. The number of refugees actually accepted in 2021 (despite a refugee ceiling of 62,500): only 7,600. The number of Afghans that the U.S. plans to allow in after a 20-year occupation of their country: around 50,000.
‘We Have to Survive’: Meet NYC Immigrant Women Fighting for Their Communities During the Pandemic
Veronica Leal speaks at the state Capitol during Day 22 of a hunger strike aimed at getting pandemic aid for excluded workers, April 6, 2021. Tanvi Misra Filed under: Covid-19 In the absence of comprehensive governmental safety nets, New York women banded together, adapted their skill sets, organized aid and fought for policy changes. What’s next for them? By Tanvi Misra Oct 3, 2021, 7:00pm EDT This piece is published in partnership with Documented and The Fuller Project.
The Photographer’s Dilemma
1. Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 2007. Lieutenant Erik Malmstrom turns away from photographs of the coffins of his soldiers who were killed in a Taliban ambush in the Waigul Valley on August 11, 2006. By the end of the deployment, Malmstrom’s brigade had lost more men than any single unit in Afghanistan since the war began. 2. Houston, Texas, 2013. Bobby Henline didn’t realize how badly he was injured until he returned home. When that sank in, he prayed for God to take him in his sleep.
Female ‘Hotshot’ Firefighters Want Action on Reproductive Health Risks
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Indians in America share stories of grief, fear for those affected by Covid Original
This article is published in partnership with The Fuller Project, a global nonprofit newsroom reporting on issues that affect women. For more than a year, the coronavirus has flooded the world in successive, devastating waves, leaving grief and gaping loss in its wake. India is still reeling after a second surge of the virus hit the country in March. Researchers have estimated that at least 5 million may have died there, according to Bloomberg News.
The children of tech’s guest workers are pushing for immigration relief
Illustration by Ari Liloan for The Verge Filed under: Policy ‘Documented Dreamers’ have few good options after aging out of dependent visas By Tanvi Misra Jul 29, 2021, 9:00am EDT As a kid, Naga Sreeram would spend all his time at his friend’s garage in San Jose, California, building Lego machines and coding them for his school robotics team. In high school, he taught himself web development and created apps that won competitions.
Letter from Texas
The remains of Hugo Domínguez Aguilar traveled 1,110 miles. Leaving Dallas, the largest city in north Texas, his ashes headed south for La Reforma, a tiny village in the coastal state of Veracruz, Mexico. On a map, the journey is a straight line across the Gulf of Mexico.
Masters of Reality
One of the immediate casualties of Trump’s rise to power, or so we were constantly told, was the truth. Scores of pundits appeared on television and discussed Trump’s habit of obscuring or ignoring the truth altogether. Journalists here and abroad catalogued and constantly updated Trump’s register of lies; we were informed in tones both solemn and (let’s be honest) ecstatic that no inhabitant of the White House had ever lied so fluently.
I Know What Pandemic Means: Behind The Scenes of Our First Film - Documented
At the height of the pandemic last summer, we were receiving alarming messages on our WhatsApp hotline every day. These messages came from immigrant New Yorkers seeking urgent help. “I lost my job because of the pandemic and I haven’t been able to pay rent. Can you help me?” one reader said. “My landlord sued me.” We turned those submissions into I Know What Pandemic Means, a film and interactive website. Go here to check out the site.
Branding Hillary
When it comes to politics, content is king. Our obsession (mine included) with the horse race of presidential politics leads us to obsess over the minutiae of campaigns, and in this endeavor graphic design is tasty chum. After all, in a world this batshit insane, analyzing inconsequential matters like font choice is an appealing distraction from darker topics like, say, the fact that our planet is dying.
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