Shot by ICE and still in pain. LA detainee highlights gaps in DHS oversight ^19.3%

NPR - By Ximena Bustillo - 6/20/2026, 9:00 AM

Appeal to Emotion 13.3% - Negativity Bias 12.7% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 10%

Just about every Saturday, Ulises Parias drives two hours to visit his father, Carlitos Ricardo "Richard" Parias, at the Adelanto Detention Center in California. They talk on the phone regularly. Parias tells his father about his 16-year-old sister and about his college classes. Occasionally, his dad's health comes up: his left arm hurts... more

Immigration courts are using a new tactic to speed up deportations ^29.3%

NPR - By Ximena Bustillo - 5/26/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 41.4% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 22.2% - Unattributed Quote 19.4%

Immigration courts inside the Justice Department are drastically accelerating immigrants' hearings and bunching them together with the goal of issuing more deportation orders. The new and unprecedented tactic was shared with NPR by immigration attorneys and the American Immigration Lawyers Association, a trade association that tracks... more

Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump ^58.3%

NPR - By Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, Ximena Bustillo, Jasmine Garsd - 4/18/2026, 12:39 AM

Appeal to Authority 22.8% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 16.8% - Self-Serving Bias 13.9%

AUSTIN, Texas — The number of immigrants who have died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody has reached an all-time high this fiscal year. Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government's fiscal year, already surpassing 2004's toll of 28, the previous record, according to... more

Logjam of U.S. immigration applications puts millions at greater risk of deportation ^63.7%

NPR - By Ximena Bustillo, Anusha Mathur - 4/17/2026, 9:00 AM

Negativity Bias 29.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 23.2% - Appeal to Emotion 17.6%

Growing backlog in immigration applications, NPR analysis shows An NPR analysis shows how immigrants' attempts to live or work legally in the U.S. are caught in a bureaucratic morass. Logjam of U.S. immigration applications puts millions at greater risk of deportation more

Top five takeaways from Homeland Security budget hearings ^10.9%

KUOW Public Radio - By Ximena Bustillo - 4/16/2026, 10:07 PM

Negativity Bias 24.7% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 10.1% - Appeal to Authority 9.5%

Top officials from the Department of Homeland Security talked to House lawmakers about what the agency needs for next fiscal year — even as it's in the midst of a record-breaking shutdown. The acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the admiral of the U.S. Coast Guard and others testified about the impact of the current... more

Markwayne Mullin confirmed as the next secretary of Homeland Security ^13.9%

NPR - By Ximena Bustillo, Sam Gringlas - 3/24/2026, 12:26 AM

The Senate confirmed Sen. Markwayne Mullin on Monday to serve as the next secretary of Homeland Security, putting the Oklahoma Republican in charge of immigration enforcement, one of President Trump's biggest priorities in his second term. Mullin won the confirmation in a 54-45 vote. He will be the second secretary to lead the department... more

An immigration court few have heard of is quietly shaping policy behind the scenes ^9.1%

NPR - By Ximena Bustillo, Rahul Mukherjee - 3/20/2026, 9:00 AM

The Trump administration has reshaped a lesser-known corner of the Justice Department to set immigration policy and escalate mass detentions and deportations. An administrative court known as the Board of Immigration Appeals has published a body of immigration case law that significantly narrows the due process and relief from... more