Immigration Coverage
Shackled, Isolated and Pressured to Self-Deport: Makoka Brothers Recount ICE Arrests
ICE arrested, shackled and separated Israel and Max Makoka as they were about to board their school bus in Diamondhead, Mississippi. While one brother endured confinement and pressure to self-deport in a Louisiana prison, the other was sent to a youth home in Texas.
Recent 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.
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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