Trump’s Budget Just Passed the Senate. Brace for a Massive Increase in ICE Raids.

Matt Sledge

The budget gives $175 billion to immigration enforcement. “The orders of magnitude are going to be multiplied,” immigration experts say.
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Senate Passes Trump’s Big, Beautiful Boon for Police

Akela Lacy

The Senate GOP passed its “megabill” on Tuesday — handing police billions in grants to fuel Trump’s deportation regime and tax write-offs.
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ICE Agents Deserve No Privacy

Natasha Lennard

Attempts by the public to keep tabs on ICE are provoking predictable and pathetic responses from the government.
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Want a Student Visa? The U.S. Government Needs Your Vine Account.

Nikita Mazurov

How are student visa applicants supposed to share their accounts on platforms that haven’t existed in years, like Google+?
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The Whiff of Corruption: Trump’s New Perfume Has Strong Notes of Graft

Nick Turse

Trump’s wealth grew by over $1 billion in the past year, but the White House insists he isn’t profiting off of the presidency.
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Tulsi Gabbard Is Hunting for “Deep-State Criminals.” Is She Even Following the Law?

Matt Sledge

The allegedly leaked document undermined the White House’s case for an immigration crackdown.
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They Went to Get Flour With Their Mother in Gaza. “She Came Back in a White Shroud.”

Aseel Mousa

A brother and sister joined their mother to get food at a U.S. aid site in Rafah. Israeli forces shot her before their eyes.
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Trump’s Budget Bill Would Explode Funding for ICE. Top Democrats Aren’t Talking About It.

Matt Sledge

Democrats denounced the bill’s cuts to Medicaid and attempted to rebrand it as “One Big, Ugly Bill.” They didn’t mention its handouts to ICE.
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Why Won’t ICE Comment on Kristi Noem’s Cannibal Stories?

Nick Turse

The Homeland Security boss said ICE deported a self-eating cannibal but provided no evidence. This plays into centuries of racist fantasies.
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