White House officials have since said permanent legal residents will be allowed to return, but confusion and fear still reign.
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Posted inAccountability, Border Patrol, National Security
This is how to stop Border Patrol killings with impunity, ex-officials say
Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials file a brief claiming militarization of the agency resulted in unnecessary shootings.
Posted inAccountability, Criminal Justice, National Security
Homeland Security, unlike Justice Dept., may not drop private prisons
Panel recommends more oversight, resources for immigration lockups.
Posted inImmigration, Money and Politics, The Trump Era, Worked Over
Trump company sought to certify workers who came to US illegally
Despite Donald Trump’s hard-line stance against illegal immigration, his development company acknowledged that it tried to get permanent work certifications for Ecuadorean stonemasons who entered the U.S. illegally.
Posted inBorder Patrol, Criminal Justice
Border Patrol under fire and under the microscope
As the Border Patrol has expanded its presence on the U.S.-Mexico border, it’s come with problems such as corruption, abuse of power and questionable use of force – all documented in an internal investigation.
Posted inInside the Newsroom, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights
Techsploitation investigation wins national award
The Center for Investigative Reporting has won a national award for “Techsploitation,” an investigative series that explored how unscrupulous labor brokers exploit workers on temporary visas. The awards were presented by the South Asian Journalists Association, which is based at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. CIR’s investigation into America’s temporary […]
Posted inWorked Over, Workers’ Rights
New York Times story on labor brokers has ties to CIR probe
Top outsourcing firms deluge the federal government with applications for H-1B visas, sidelining smaller American employers, according to The New York Times. This echoes findings of our investigation last year, which found that labor brokers had exploited Indian tech workers at some of America’s top companies.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Immigration
For migrants, route to a new home travels through mayhem, uncertainty
Every day, more than 50,000 people leave home on a quest triggered by the forces of nature or of man: disasters, violence, persecution, poverty. See what four photographers captured as they followed migrants on their journey.
Posted inCriminal Justice
The toll of displacement, told through images
Sometimes, a single image says more than thousands of words. Reveal pays homage to four photographers who have been capturing the plight of the displaced for years.
Posted inBorder Patrol, National Security
Security on the border
How have the drug trade and a dramatic growth in U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s ranks affected communities along the border with Mexico?