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
InvestigationBusiness, Immigration, Politics, Technology Fencing the Border: Boeing’s High-Tech Plan Falters Boeing’s plan to secure the U.S.-Mexico border — involving chain-link fences, 100-foot towers, radars and surveillance equipment, and costing billions of dollars — is a boondoggle-in-the-making. Joseph RicheyCorpwatchJuly 9, 2007
InvestigationHealth, Immigration, Labor Hard Labor The organic food industry, which prides itself on a gentler approach to land and the people who work it, is little different in its shabby treatment of a low-paid immigrant workforce. Felicia MelloThe NationAugust 24, 2006
InvestigationBusiness, Immigration, Politics Hotel U.S.A. The government is planning on building detention and relocation centers with 40,000 beds and barracks for an undetermined “immigration emergency” — courtesy Kellogg, Brown and Root. Joseph RicheyAlterNetMarch 14, 2006