Gabriel Thompson takes us into San Francisco Immigration Court and the labyrinthine system that asylum seekers—and attorneys and judges—are up against.
ICE
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Waiting to Be Thrown Out
Following the story of one Cameroonian, Gaby Del Valle dives deep into how video teleconferencing technology in the U.S.’s immigration courts fuels the deportation machine.
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The Case That Made an Ex-ICE Attorney Realize the Government Was Relying on False “Evidence” Against Migrants
The story of former Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer Laura Peña — who went to work defending the migrants she used to prosecute — and a family separation case she recently fought in which false “evidence” had been used to detain her client.
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The Hunted: What Happens When You Say No to MS-13
A terrifying investigation into the MS-13 gang and its effect on a Long Island town. Some teens were recruited; those who refused to join were brutally attacked with machetes, and then inexplicably targeted for deportation by ICE.
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How Donald Trump’s War on Immigrants Is Playing Out in His Hometown
A massive, polyphonic account of the plight of undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers in New York City, where ICE’s increased presence has sent entire communities reeling.
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There Are Few Second Chances for Immigrants Who Commit Crimes
How America punishes immigrant criminals multiple times for the same crime and continues traumatizing them.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Politics and Prose
Marie Myung-Ok Lee finds herself conflicted about attending a controversial author’s reading and wonders: what does “speaking up” actually mean?
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Politics and Prose
Marie Myung-Ok Lee finds herself conflicted about attending a controversial author’s reading and wonders: what does “speaking up” actually mean?
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Quest for the Collision Zone: An Arctic Expedition
Geologists on a mission to vindicate their theory of a lost mountain range discover something even more significant buried beneath the ice. An excerpt from A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice.
Posted inBooks, Editor's Pick, Nonfiction, Science & Nature
The Quest for the Collision Zone: An Arctic Expedition
Geologists on a mission to vindicate their theory of a lost mountain range discover something even more significant buried beneath the ice.