Immigration

Behind a Human Trafficking Investigation

On September 1, the Department of Justice leveled the largest human trafficking indictment in US history…

John BoweSeptember 14, 2010

Federal Indictments in Human Trafficking Scheme

Mordechai Orian, the target of an Investigative Fund probe into human trafficking, is now under federal indictment, in the largest such federal case in history.

Esther KaplanSeptember 7, 2010

InvestigationImmigration, Justice

What a Tough-Love Sheriff Left Behind

Long before Arizona passed its anti-immigrant law, Sheriff Joe Arpaio was taking border enforcement into his own hands. His jail deported a dead man walking, and now a Mexican family grieves.

Aura BogadoMother JonesJuly 30, 2010

InvestigationImmigration, Justice

Hazing Arizona

The policies of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, infamous for his zeal against undocumented immigrants, may soon go statewide. The story of one immigrant, who died soon after being deported to Mexico, may serve as a warning sign of the brutality ahead.

Aura BogadoMother JonesJuly 19, 2010

AnalysisImmigration

On the Migrant Trail

6:15 a.m.: I pull up to the Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson. A dozen Latino men are waiting for work out front. One of them flags me, mistaking me for someone with a job to offer. I drive past him, into the parking lot where two women in broad-brimmed hats are…

Gaiutra BahadurJune 10, 2010

InvestigationImmigration, Labor

Bound for America

Enticed by unscrupulous recruiters, saddled with thousands of dollars of debt, and working in exploitive, often abusive conditions, guest workers in the United States are legal — but vulnerable to a modern form of indentured servitude.

John BoweMother JonesMay 5, 2010

InvestigationImmigration

El Muro de los Lamentos

The high cost and low security of the Secure Border Initiative, Boeing’s high-tech “superfence” across the Mexican border.

Joseph RicheyExpansión (Mexico)September 1, 2009

InvestigationImmigration, Justice

In Arizona, Undocumented Immigrants Face Federal Criminal Charges

Drastic changes in immigration enforcement mean that undocumented immigrants who were once allowed to leave voluntarily are now being tried as criminals.

David BaconThe NationOctober 6, 2008

InvestigationImmigration

The Fence to Nowhere

The Minutemen promised their supporters a high-tech border blockade. Instead, they got a five-strand barbed-wire fence – and a bunch of angry splinter groups.

David NeiwertThe American ProspectSeptember 22, 2008

InvestigationBusiness, Immigration, Politics, Technology

Investing in Insecurity Along U.S. Borders

Private contractor Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is policing America’s borders with sophisticated surveillance equipment – to the tune of $30 billion.

Joseph RicheyNational Radio ProjectDecember 19, 2007

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El Muro de los Lamentos

In Arizona, Undocumented Immigrants Face Federal Criminal Charges

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