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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials stand at a border crossing facility on the U.S.-Canadian border

Jan 8, 2020

Iranian Americans Have Rights, Too 鈥� No Matter What's Happening Abroad

Dec 18, 2019

A Secret CBP Team is Targeting and Detaining Innocent Travelers. We鈥檙e Suing.

Dec 18, 2019

We鈥檙e Suing to Make Sure that CBP Can鈥檛 Keep Asylum Seekers from Their Lawyers

Nov 27, 2019

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Nov 25, 2019

In Nicaragua, She Dodged Bullets. Now She's Stuck at the Border.

Nov 20, 2019

The U.S. Government Tracked, Detained, and Interrogated Journalists. We鈥檙e Suing on Their Behalf.

Hands hold a cellular telephone, with a security screening conveyor belt and other people in the background

Nov 13, 2019

Federal Court Rules That Border Officers Can鈥檛 Arbitrarily Search Our Electronic Devices

General view inside the Leona Vicario Federal shelter for asylum seekers in Ciudad Juarez on October 9, 2019, Chihuahua state, Mexico

Oct 24, 2019

I Went to Mexico to Meet Asylum-Seekers Trapped at the Border. This Is What I Saw.

Migrants seated in a processing area at a tent courtroom

Sep 30, 2019

The Trump Administration is Waging a War on People Fleeing Persecution. We Can鈥檛 Let Them Win.

Jul 11, 2019

CBP Can鈥檛 Detain Domestic Flight Passengers for Refusing Suspicionless ID Checks

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News & Commentary about ICE and Border Patrol Abuses