The targeting of Khalil, Rumeysa Ozturk, and others reveals the administration’s aim to detain and deport any immigrants it wants, regardless of their legal status or criminal record.

On March 8, Mahmoud Khalil, a soon-to-be father and a doctoral student at Columbia University, was detained by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the lobby of his New York apartment building. Targeted for his pro-Palestinian activism, he faces no criminal charges and has not been convicted of a crime. He is a lawful permane ...

The steady stream of deaths continues as courts deliberate a federal takeover of NYC jails.

Dashawn Jenkins, 27, died March 31 on Rikers Island. Correctional officers noticed that Jenkins was "visibly ill" at 9:15 p.m. After medical workers attempted to provide care until nearly 10 p.m., he was pronounced dead. Jenkins is the fifth person to die during or immediately following their incarceration in New York City’s dangerous jails this ...

90 people have died in LA County jails since the start of 2023.

How are people dying? Los Angeles County has not yet publicly issued causes of death for everyone who has died in county jails in recent months. And even once even once autopsy reports are finalized, they don’t tell the whole story. When the coroner rules that a death is the result of “natural causes,” jail conditions can still be to blame. Researc ...