Important addition to our reporting on who is profiting on the plans to dramatically ramp up immigration detention across the country by Jeff Ernsthausen and Avi Asher-Schapiro

SCOOP: In early July, the US embassy in Pretoria asked Washington if non-whites can apply for Trump’s refugee program geared towards white South Africans. In response, State Dept’s top refugee official said the program was intended for white people. W/Ted Hesson

New: Albert Jesús Rodríguez Parra was one of more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants the Trump administration sent to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. After his release, he says he wants the world to know what happened to him. propub.li/46xNZuC

1/ Early on in President Trump’s second term, I spent a few weeks observing Chicago’s immigration court to get a sense of how things were changing. One afternoon in March, the case of a 27-year-old Venezuelan asylum-seeker caught my attention. I want to tell you his story 👇

We spoke to nine Venezuelans deported to prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration who told us about the abuse and mistreatment they endured there. Our latest ⁦Melissa Sanchez⁩ ⁦Perla Trevizo⁩ ⁦Ronna Rísquez⁩ ⁦Adrián González⁩ propublica.org/article/venezu…

You may have seen at least one video of immigration agents smashing a car window to detain someone inside. But did you know it's happening all over the country? From McKenzie Funk and me today for ProPublica: projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smas…

"Michael Kozak, the career official who oversees diplomacy in the Western Hemisphere, replied: “Well then we probably should not have asked for him. Can we now extradite him to Spain? We did get the S.O.B. released.” nytimes.com/2025/08/01/us/…

Powerful testimonies of some of the Venezuelans who endured four months of imprisonment in El Salvador after being deported from the United States. youtu.be/6KZRtCE2UcI?fe…

The government knew that only a small minority of the Venezuelan men it sent to CECOT in El Salvador had been convicted of any crime in the U.S. In a new video, three of the men and their families speak about their ordeal. propublica.org/article/venezu…

Amid job uncertainty, medical staff are both fleeing and turning down offers from the VA system, leading to prolonged delays in care. “Problems have always existed but not to this degree,” one veteran said. propublica.org/article/vetera…

Moving essay by Adriana L. Fernandez who photographed some of the Venezuelan men the Trump administration deported to prison in El Salvador and their families. Our investigation found the government knew the majority had not convicted crimes in the US when they were sent away.

"Federal researchers will conduct fewer clinical trials, regulators will conduct fewer or less-thorough inspections of egg farms & foreign drug factories, & public health specialists will be less prepared to combat outbreaks of deadly viruses." projects.propublica.org/federal-health…

An important heartbreaking story by Avi Asher-Schapiro and Chris Bing about the real world consequences of mistakes made by DOGE that put the lives of innocent people in Afghanistan at risk

Three Trump Cabinet Members Have Multiple Primary-Residence Mortgages —another important read by my ⁦ProPublica⁩ colleagues propublica.org/article/trump-…

New: Ignoring urgently needed reforms in favor of fruitlessly trying to find evidence of fraud, DOGE descended on the Social Security Administration “thinking it should work like a McDonald’s,” the agency’s former acting chief reveals to ProPublica. propub.li/4668uwv

With all the news about the ICE raid on Hyundai's plant, its worth remembering how parts suppliers to the massive car company were using child labor in the U.S. reuters.com/investigates/s…

Wrote about Ayman Soliman, a children’s hospital chaplain now in ICE custody after losing asylum. His story shows the long legacy of post-9/11 laws, and his case is a test of Trump’s ability to merge the sweeping powers of immigration and counterterrorism propublica.org/article/ayman-…

Come join us ProPublica ! We are hiring an investigative reporting fellow in Washington D.C. for a two-year position to cover the ever expanding world of immigration news. Apply here! grnh.se/dpwvle3d6us

An The New York Times investigation finds staggering levels of insider dealing: The Trump administration confers benefits on the UAE (despite security concerns) as the UAE confers riches on the Trump family. nytimes.com/2025/09/15/us/…

New: The H-2A visa program has failed to protect migrant farmworkers from wage theft, forced labor, violence and death. Experts, lawyers and advocates say there are ways to reduce and even stop the harms. propub.li/46mzmsp