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How Policy Impacts Migrants

What’s Next for U.S. Immigration Policy on the Southern Border?

ProPublica and The Texas Tribune talked with experts about U.S. border policies that contributed to a deadly detention center fire in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and why immigration has become a leading concern in a presidential election year.

by Connor Goodwin,

America’s Dairyland

What You Need to Know If You’re Hurt While Working on a Wisconsin Dairy Farm

We spoke to lawyers, health care providers, government officials and others to help workers understand their rights if they’re injured on the job.

by Maryam Jameel and Melissa Sanchez, Illustrations by Edel Rodriguez, special to ProPublica,

The Long Journey to Asylum for One Venezuelan Family

The Pabón family is among the nearly 8 million Venezuelans who have fled their country. Follow them as they begin a life in the U.S. and journey through an asylum system buckling under record numbers of new arrivals.

by Gerardo del Valle,

Biden Was Warned U.S. Border Policies Made Tragedy Inevitable. Then a Deadly Fire Broke Out.

A year ago, 40 men were killed in a detention center fire in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. A ProPublica-Texas Tribune examination shows that landmark shifts in U.S. border policies helped sow the seeds of a tragedy.

by Perla Trevizo,

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America’s Dairyland

Officials Move to Address Problems Facing Immigrant Workers on Wisconsin Dairy Farms

A ProPublica investigation showed how language barriers contributed to authorities wrongly blaming a dairy farm worker for his son’s death. Lawmakers have responded.

by Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel,

Billions on the Border

DOJ Investigating Texas’ Operation Lone Star for Alleged Civil Rights Violations

Emails obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune confirm that federal authorities are probing discrimination claims involving Gov. Greg Abbott’s multibillion-dollar border initiative.

by Perla Trevizo,

No Sanctuary

Changes in Police Policy, Payouts to Latino Victims of Traffic Stops and Arrests Following Investigations

The state of Pennsylvania paid $865,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed in the wake of a 2018 ProPublica investigation of traffic stops of Latino drivers by its state police working with immigration authorities.

by Dale Russakoff and Deborah Sontag,

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Series: Peligro en las granjas: Los obreros en la sombra de la industria lechera

Series: America’s Dairyland: Risking Workers’ Lives for the Milk We Drink

Series: Billions on the Border: A Closer Look at Taxpayer-Funded Border Initiatives in Texas

Series: Inside the Border Patrol: Enforcing Trump’s Crackdown

Series: Zero Tolerance: Trump’s Immigration Policy at the Border

Series: Trapped In Gangland: How the MS-13 Crackdown Shattered Immigrant Lives

Series: No Sanctuary: The Unshackling of ICE

Series: The Travel Ban: The Impact of Trump’s Executive Order

259 stories published since 2016

¿Qué hago si me lesiono en el trabajo en una granja de Wisconsin?

por Maryam Jameel y Melissa Sanchez, Ilustraciones por Edel Rodriguez, en reporte especial para ProPublica,

“El camino correcto”: desde Venezuela a Juárez y desde Nueva York a Denver, la odisea de una familia en busca de asilo

por Gerardo del Valle,

Lo que un incendio en un centro de detención en México nos revela sobre la política de inmigración de Estados Unidos.

por Perla Trevizo,

A Marijuana Boom Led Her to Oklahoma. Then Anti-Drug Agents Seized Her Money and Raided Her Home.

by Clifton Adcock and Garrett Yalch, The Frontier, and Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg, ProPublica,

At Seattle’s Boeing Field, Real-Time Video Offers a Rare Glimpse of America’s Troubled Deportation Flights

by McKenzie Funk,

Help ProPublica Reporters Investigate the Immigration System

by Nicole Foy, McKenzie Funk, Maryam Jameel, Melissa Sanchez, Nicole Santa Cruz, Ginger Thompson, Perla Trevizo and Seth Freed Wessler,

Bused From Texas to Manhattan, an Immigrant Struggles to Find Shelter

by Seth Freed Wessler,

5 Takeaways From ProPublica’s Investigation of Coast Guard Detentions at Sea

by Seth Freed Wessler,

When the Coast Guard Intercepts Unaccompanied Kids

by Seth Freed Wessler,

Oficiales en Wisconsin se plantean hacer el departamento del sheriff más asequible a la gente que no habla inglés

por Melissa Sanchez y Maryam Jameel,

Following the Death of an 8-Year-Old on a Wisconsin Dairy Farm, Officials Look to Bridge Law Enforcement Language Gap

by Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel,

Funcionarios toman medidas para abordar los problemas que enfrentan los trabajadores inmigrantes en las granjas lecheras de Wisconsin

por Melissa Sanchez y Maryam Jameel,

Officials Move to Address Problems Facing Immigrant Workers on Wisconsin Dairy Farms

by Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel,

¿Por qué investigamos la muerte de Jefferson? Carta a nuestros lectores.

por Melissa Sanchez y Maryam Jameel,

Ayúdenos a investigar las condiciones en las granjas lecheras

por Maryam Jameel y Melissa Sanchez,

Help ProPublica Journalists Investigate the Dairy Industry

by Maryam Jameel and Melissa Sanchez,

Tragedia en una granja lechera

por Melissa Sanchez y Maryam Jameel,

Death on a Dairy Farm

by Melissa Sanchez and Maryam Jameel,

What Happened to Rezwan

by Kartikay Mehrotra, ProPublica, and Matti Gellman, The Kansas City Star,

Do U.S. Border Officials Ask Travelers if They’ve Had Abortions?

by Kavitha Surana,

“A Failure on All Our Parts.” Thousands of Immigrant Children Wait in Government Shelters.

by Melissa Sanchez,

DOJ Investigating Texas’ Operation Lone Star for Alleged Civil Rights Violations

by Perla Trevizo,

Reality Check: Seven Times Texas Leaders Misled the Public About Operation Lone Star

by Perla Trevizo and Lomi Kriel, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, Kengo Tsutsumi, ProPublica, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, The Marshall Project,

Here’s How We Analyzed the Data Underlying Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Claims About His Border Initiative

by Karim Doumar,

Examining Nearly Two Decades of Taxpayer-Funded Border Operations

by Lomi Kriel and Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón, The Marshall Project,

Changes in Police Policy, Payouts to Latino Victims of Traffic Stops and Arrests Following Investigations

by Dale Russakoff and Deborah Sontag,

Texas’ Border Operation Is Meant to Deter Cartels and Smugglers. More Often, It Imprisons Lone Men for Trespassing.

by Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune,

These Children Fled Afghanistan Without Their Families. They’re Stuck in U.S. Custody.

by Melissa Sanchez and Anna Clark,

Five people stand in a loose circle on sandy ground. It's night and they are only faintly lit a light coming in from the right.

Help Us Investigate Texas Border Security Initiatives

by Jessica Priest, Lomi Kriel and Perla Trevizo,

Texas’ Governor Brags About His Border Initiative. The Data Doesn’t Back Him Up.

by Lomi Kriel and Perla Trevizo, ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, and Andrew Rodriguez Calderón and Keri Blakinger, The Marshall Project,

Internal Investigation Confirms Border Patrol Failures Leading Up to a 16-Year-Old’s Death on the Floor of His Cell

by Robert Moore, El Paso Matters,

Lawmakers Call for Immediate Action at Chicago Shelter Housing Afghan Children

by Melissa Sanchez,

Dozens of Traumatized Afghan Kids Struggle Inside a Shelter That’s Ill-Equipped to Care for Them

by Melissa Sanchez,

A Secretive Counterterrorism Team Interrogated Dozens of Citizens at the Border, Government Report Finds

by Dara Lind,

New Report Shows “Deeply Troubling Failures” by Border Patrol in Boy’s Death, Key Congressional Leader Says

by Robert Moore, El Paso Matters,

These Afghans Won the Visa Lottery Two Years Ago — Now They’re Stuck in Kabul and Out of Luck

by Dara Lind,

Immigration Prosecutors Were Told Not to Push for Deportation in Cases Like His. He Was Ordered Deported the Next Day.

by Dara Lind,

The U.S. Is Closing a Loophole That Lured Mexicans Over the Border to Donate Blood Plasma for Cash

by Dara Lind, ProPublica, and Stefanie Dodt, ARD German TV,

“Shadow Wins”: How ICE Avoids Judicial Accountability by Quietly Releasing Immigrants Who Challenge Being Detained

by Dara Lind,

Documents Show Trump Officials Used Secret Terrorism Unit to Question Lawyers at the Border

by Dara Lind,

Border Policy Is Getting More and More Convoluted. That’s Creating False Hope for Migrants.

by Lomi Kriel,

ProPublica Nominated for 13 Peter Lisagor Awards

by ProPublica,

“No Good Choices”: HHS Is Cutting Safety Corners to Move Migrant Kids Out of Overcrowded Facilities

by Dara Lind,

For Some Transgender Asylum Seekers, Fleeing a Dangerous Migrant Camp Meant Being Left Behind

by Lomi Kriel,

Biden abrió el estatus legal temporal a miles de inmigrantes. Estas son las formas en que podrían quedar atrapados.

por Dara Lind,

Biden Opened Temporary Legal Status to Thousands of Immigrants. Here’s How They Could End Up Trapped.

by Dara Lind,

What the Horrific Crash on the Border Says About U.S. Immigration Policy

by Dara Lind,

The Trump Administration Keeps Awarding Border Wall Contracts but Doesn’t Own the Land to Build On

by Perla Trevizo and Jeremy Schwartz,

A black-and-white illustration of three factory scenes. Each scene shows a pair of hands at work. Left: scrubbing metal; middle: carrying a tray of candy; right: packaging meat.

The Stolen Childhood of Teenage Factory Workers

by Melissa Sanchez,

Una ilustración en blanco y negro de tres escenas de fábrica. Cada escena muestra un par de manos trabajando. Izquierda: restregando metal; medio: cargando una bandeja de dulces; derecha: empacando carne.

La niñez robada de obreros adolescentes

by Melissa Sanchez,