The System
How immigration policy works — and who it affects.
Funding cut halts farm dream
Story by Wesley J. Pérez Vidal
Graphics by Jesse Renee Kennedy
The Trump administration derailed a decade-long effort by immigrant farmworkers in New York to purchase land, launch a cooperative farm and become owners rather than laborers.
The chilling effect on international student journalists
Story by Charlotte Calmès
Graphics by Jesse Renee Kennedy
The arrest last year of a Tufts doctoral student following a critical op-ed, followed by a rash of student visa revocations, has led some international and immigrant student journalists to step back. Others continue reporting amid fear and uncertainty.
On the road: South Omaha to ‘Cornhusker Clink’
Story by Justin Diep
A freshman senator fights for Nebraska’s immigrant community.
The cost of deportation
Story by Lilly Roseburrough
The cost of immigration enforcement for taxpayers is well known. But far less visible is the private cost borne by immigrants and their families.
Children placed in adult detention centers
Story by Katrina Michalak & Sophie Schaeffer
The medical community has dismissed dental X-rays as an unreliable way to determine someone’s age; the government continues to use them.
“We couldn’t take it anymore”
Story by Bea Anhuci
Fear of immigration arrests near schools in Florida are reducing enrollment.
How Syracuse’s immigrants navigate a changing system
Story by Sara Oppenheimer & Evan Edmiston
Photos by Christine Kao
As backlogs grow and ICE enforcement expands, immigrants across New York face a process that feels more uncertain than ever.
Students shut out
Story by Angelique Rodriguez & Oriana Torre
A new proposal would block immigrants unlawfully in the U.S. from attending Florida colleges.
Out of ICE detention, a Syracuse man still lives in fear of deportation
Story by Laura Robertson & Mikayla Melo
Photos by Liam Kennedy
When ICE detained Rafael, his family relied on TikTok, Instagram reels and themselves.
Your judge may matter more than your immigration case
Story by Laura Robertson & Mikayla Melo
For detained immigrants filing habeas corpus petitions, the luck of the judicial draw could mean the difference between freedom and remaining in detention.
Syracuse Cuban couple detained amid Trump immigration crackdown
Photos by Ella Chan & Cassie Roshu
Story by Anna Momo
A same-sex Cuban couple from Syracuse was poised to receive asylum. Then they were ordered to be deported.
‘It’s modern slavery’
Story by Elany Romero Cruz
New York’s dairy industry depends on immigrant labor, who find themselves under siege and in an increasingly difficult situation as a result of the federal immigration crackdown. Advocates say passage of the New York for All Act would help.