

Nation Aug 23

The tragic killing of a young woman in Iowa might have been just another homicide, but it attracted widespread national attention when a Mexican immigrant, in the U.S. illegally, was charged with her murder. William Brangham reports on how the…
Nation Dec 12

Since President Trump took office, immigration arrests are up 42 percent, and arrests of undocumented immigrants who don't have criminal records are up 145 percent compared to last year. The NewsHour's P.J. Tobia takes us along as ICE officers use…
By P. J. Tobia
Nation Dec 01

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, was found not guilty by a jury on Thursday for murdering San Francisco resident Kate Steinle, a case that was repeatedly invoked by President Trump to rally support for an immigration crackdown.
By PBS NewsHour
Nation Mar 16

Handprints are left on the iron posts when people try and scale the border wall to get into the U.S.
By News Desk, William Brangham
Mar 14

By Joshua Barajas
As part of an ongoing reporting trip, the PBS NewsHour's Joshua Barajas witnessed the proceedings of Operation Streamline inside a Tucson, Arizona courtroom on Monday.
Journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas was detained at the McAllen Airport in Texas on Tuesday after trying to fly out of the border city.
California has ramped up the use of sobriety checkpoints to target intoxication and crack down on unlicensed drivers. But its policy of seizing vehicles is under fire both for targeting undocumented immigrants and for generating an estimated $40 million in…
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