These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents

Nick Turse

We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities.
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Read the Report on Alex Pretti’s Killing — and the Bizarre Q&A CBP Gave Congress First

Jessica Washington

When Congress pressed CBP for a report on Pretti’s killing, it offered answers to a list of questions. CBP also supplied the questions itself.
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It’s Time for Concrete Action on ICE. Sadly, We Have the Democrats.

Eoin Higgins

Democrats have offered cussing and scolding after the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. We need a real plan of attack, now.
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While Minnesotans Rejoice Over Greg Bovino’s Ouster, His Replacement Is a Deportation Hard-Liner

Ryan Devereaux

The most notable difference between Tom Homan and Bovino is that Homan has deported a lot more people — and done it at a national scale.
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Families of Boat Strike Victims Sue U.S. for “Manifestly Unlawful” Killings

Nick Turse

A lawsuit aims to hold the Trump administration accountable for killing two Trinidadian men in an airstrike in the Caribbean.
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After CBP Killed Alex Pretti, His Federal VA Boss Blamed Minnesota Leaders

Austin Campbell

Asked for a response to the killing of a VA nurse, the secretary of Veterans Affairs shifted the blame to local officials.
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The Second Amendment Was Never Meant for Everyone

Alain Stephens

After the killing of Alex Pretti, white America is realizing what Black gun owners have always known: Rights are conditional.
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Army General Tapped to Lead NSA Said He Doesn’t Know Much About the Biggest NSA Controversy

Matt Sledge

In the Senate this week, NSA pick Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd could face tough questions on “backdoor” searches about Americans.
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Apple Workers Are Livid That Tim Cook Saw “Melania” Movie Hours After CBP Killed Pretti

Sam Biddle

Internal Slack logs shared with The Intercept show outrage over Cook’s coziness with Trump and Apple’s silence on Pretti’s death.
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ICE Arrested Father Who Cared for His Ill Son — Then Denied His Request to Attend Son’s Funeral

Fatima Khan

“The officer informed me that his director stepped in and told him that Maher would not be allowed to attend Wael’s burial.”
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Woody Guthrie Sang Against Dehumanizing the Immigrants Killed in a Plane Crash. ICE Is Doing It All Over Again.

Matt Sledge

The folk singer wrote the tune “Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)” about the same 1948 plane crash ICE is memorializing today.
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