Immigration

Immigration is a divisive issue — but everyone agrees on one thing: The system we have right now is broken. Kerri Miller talks with two immigration experts on what a functioning system might look like.
Judge finds 'troubling' evidence ICE agents stopped people based on racial, ethnic identity
A federal judge found evidence to support claims that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents racially profiled Minnesota residents. However, he denied a request to order ICE to stop using those practices while a lawsuit against the agency continues. 
Bill looks to codify into state law right to education regardless of immigration status
A 1982 Supreme Court ruling made it unconstitutional to deny students based on immigration status. A state bill would enshrine that right into state law, out of concern that the Supreme Court ruling could be overturned.
Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility
The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas. 
How historians are documenting ICE enforcement in Minnesota
As more federal officers leave the state, the Morning Edition team wondered how historians might document this moment. The Minnesota Historical Society’s Director of Collections, Cecily Marcus, joined Cathy Wurzer with answers.
ICE surge tests relations between St. Cloud police, community
At an annual meeting to review the city’s longstanding community policing agreement, St. Cloud Police Chief Jeff Oxton fielded questions about why his department didn’t do more to stop federal agents who may have violated laws or civil rights.
Man released from ICE custody felt stuck while waiting for return of ID, work permit
Yeferson Gonzalez Contreras was released after five months in ICE detention without his work permit and identification, which prevented him from working or moving around freely for weeks.
Texas man fatally shot by federal immigration agent, records show
A U.S. citizen was shot and killed by a federal immigration officer during a late-night traffic stop nearly a year ago in a Texas beach town crowded with young people celebrating spring break.