Immigration Coverage
Israel and Max Makoka Are Coming Home After ICE Arrests Galvanized Their Mississippi Community
Israel and Max Makoka, the Hancock High School students whom ICE arrested on April 21, are free after U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker intervened on the brothers’ behalf.
ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.
A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. With Hector now out on bond, the family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.
Children Plead for Father’s Release After ICE Detains Jackson Man
Kerlin Moreno-Orellana is in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after police arrested him and his boss on charges of illegal dumping. The Jackson, Mississippi, father could face deportation and the possibility of separation from his wife and children.
ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing, Threatening Deportation
ICE arrested Kasper Eriksen, a husband and father from Sturgis, Mississippi, at his citizenship hearing. The man who, earlier this year, thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen now fears deportation while waiting for news in a Louisiana detention facility.
Recent Immigration Coverage
Max and Israel Makoka Were Waiting for a Hancock High School Bus. ICE Took the Brothers Instead.
Hancock County, Mississippi, high school students Max and Israel Makoka are supposed to be at school, with Israel only weeks away from graduation. But while waiting for a school bus, ICE took and detained the brothers over a paperwork issue neither they nor their host family knew about.
Bill Requiring Mississippi Agencies to Comply With ICE Moves Closer to Approval
Mississippi public offices, cities and colleges at all levels could be forced to assist ICE with federal immigration enforcement under bills passed by the Mississippi Legislature.
Undocumented Immigrants Entering Mississippi Could Face Imprisonment Under Bill Passed in State Senate
Mississippi may soon criminalize illegal immigration under State law and allow the Mississippi Department of Public Service to collect identifying information about any undocumented immigrants in the state. Undocumented immigrants entering the state would face imprisonment.
Byhalia ICE Facility Plans Ditched Amid Mississippi Opposition, Wicker Says
A proposed ICE detention facility that would have held 8,500 immigrants in a warehouse in Byhalia, Mississippi, won’t happen, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker says.
ICE Proposal to Hold 8,500 Immigrants in Mississippi Mega Warehouse Draws Local Opposition
A Trump administration proposal for ICE to use a warehouse to hold 8,500 immigrants in Byhalia, Mississippi, has drawn the ire of both residents and Roger Wicker, a top Republican U.S. senator.
Nicaraguan Man in ICE Custody Dies in Mississippi Hospital
A Nicaraguan man has died in ICE custody at a hospital in Natchez, Mississippi, the seventh reported death of a person in custody this month.
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Immigration Columns
Editor’s Note | ICE’s Disregard for Human Life Echoes America’s Bipartisan Racist History
Assistant Editor Kevin Edwards writes that ICE has done serious harm to citizens and noncitizens alike.
Opinion | Renee Good’s Death Cannot Be Justified
Laura Norton-Cruz writes about the shooting death of Renee Good and how people must recognize that her death affects them.
Editor’s Note | This July 4th, I’m Struggling to Feel National Pride
Deputy Editor Nate Schumann reflects on the state of his patriotic spirit amid so much political division and social unrest in the United States.
Editor’s Note | ‘FAFO’ is a Depraved Way to Respond to Suffering
“Doing our job well as journalists requires us to continue to exercise compassion and empathy toward everyday people from all walks of life, backgrounds, beliefs…
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