Caitlin Dickerson
I'm a @nytimes immigration reporter and @CNN analyst. Formerly an investigative reporter at @npr. Reach me at [email protected]
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‘People Actively Hate Us’: Inside the Border Patrol’s Morale Crisis
Overwhelmed by desperate migrants and criticized for mistreating the people in their care, many agents have grown defensive, insular and bitter.
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We interviewed 25 current and former Border Patrol agents, here’s what they said
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Brett Kavanaugh Fit In With the Privileged Kids. She Did Not.
Deborah Ramirez’s Yale experience says much about the college’s efforts to diversify its student body in the 1980s.
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“Kavanaugh said that if the incident Ms. Ramirez described had occurred, it would have been ‘the talk of campus.’ Our reporting suggests that it was... We also uncovered a previously unreported story... that echoes Ms. Ramirez’s allegation.”
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Supreme Court Backs New Trump Asylum Restrictions
The policy requires many Central American migrants to seek and be denied asylum in another country before applying in the United States.
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Trying to put this simply bc we've written a lot about 👏🏾big 👏🏾immigration 👏🏾changes and I can understand if ur confused abt relative significance: If permanently upheld, this rule will effectively end asylum at the Southern border. nyti.ms/2ZTz2B4 nyti.ms/2ZTz2B4
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Trying to put this simply bc we've written a lot about 👏🏾big 👏🏾immigration 👏🏾changes and I can understand if ur confused abt relative significance: If permanently upheld, this rule will effectively end asylum at the Southern border. nyti.ms/2ZTz2B4 nyti.ms/2ZTz2B4
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Bahamas Hurricane Survivors, Desperate for Respite, Seek Passage to U.S.
The rush to fill flights and ferries has raised questions about what immigration rules apply for Bahamians seeking refuge.
Sick Migrants Undergoing Lifesaving Care Can Now Be Deported
Without notice, the Trump administration eliminated a program that had allowed immigrants to avoid deportation while undergoing lifesaving medical treatment.
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It's getting harder for anyone in the United States illegally -- including the sick, victims of crime who help police, and the sole caregivers of children -- to defend themselves if they are caught up in the deportation dragnet. My latest with @mirjordan
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Migrant Children Are Entitled to Toothbrushes and Soap, Federal Court Rules
A federal appeals court panel rejected the government’s definition of “safe and sanitary” conditions for children in Border Patrol facilities.
Trump Immigration Plan Offers a Ticket to the American Dream. The Poor Need Not Apply.
The Trump administration’s new means-testing rule is an attempt to change the profile of the American immigrant. No more is the U.S. a place that welcomes the poor.
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OUR LATEST: Trump Immigration Plan Offers a Ticket to the American Dream. The Poor Need Not Apply. nyti.ms/2OUAAqo with @shearm and @mirjordan
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I Felt Safe in America. Until El Paso.
It is because of people like me and my daughter that a gunman did what he did.
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Really miss working with and learning from the amazing @ByFernandaS -- her latest
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‘It Feels Like Being Hunted’: Latinos Across U.S. in Fear After El Paso Massacre
The shooting attack in El Paso has left many Latinos deeply shaken, raising questions about their place in American society.
Some Democrats Want to Decriminalize Illegal Border Crossings. Would It Work?
It’s the latest topic in the debate over immigration: Should it be a crime to cross the United States border without authorization?
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NEW FROM ME: Some Democratic presidential candidates want to decriminalize the border. What would that look like? I explain
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Top Border Official Is Reassigned Amid Criticism of Conditions for Migrant Children
The Border Patrol’s veteran El Paso sector chief is being transferred after a series of problems with conditions at detention facilities along the border.
A Border Kept Him From His Daughter. Now He’s Here to Say Goodbye.
A 13-year-old girl from Honduras waited for her father to join her in the United States. But her father was repeatedly detained at the border. He came too late.
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This story by my colleagues is devastating. Heydi won asylum but took her life after her father attempted the same three times but was turned away. There’s a much larger story that transcends administrations baked into this one. Please read.
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ICE Launches Low-Key Raids Targeting Migrant Families
A series of coordinated deportation raids is targeting recently arrived families from Central America.
With ICE Raids Looming, Immigrants Worry: ‘Every Time Someone Knocks, You Get Scared’
With the possibility of immigration raids looming, many immigrants were worried, and planning to stay out of sight. One family canceled their vacation.
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With ICE Raids Looming, Immigrants Worry: ‘Every Time Someone Knocks, You Get Scared’
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Trump Again Threatens ‘Major Operation’ Against Undocumented Migrants
Immigration officials said the raids could roll out over days. The Trump administration made similar threats last month without carrying them out.
U.S. Prepares to Arrest Thousands of Immigrant Family Members
Some of those targeted might end up being held in hotel rooms until their travel documents can be prepared. ICE’s goal is to deport the families as quickly as possible.
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Nationwide raids targeting migrant families are back on, scheduled to begin Sunday. Agents have expressed concern about arresting babies and young children. The arrests are expected to have a chilling effect across immigrant communities. With @KannoYoungs
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Hungry, Scared and Sick: Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex.
An out-of-the-way border station in the desert outside of El Paso has become the epicenter of outrage over the Trump administration’s policies on the southwest border.
Migrant Children Moved Back to Troubled Texas Border Facility
The Trump administration says it is transferring the children back to a shelter in Clint, Tex., that had seen hundreds of children held in overcrowded and filthy conditions.
Acting Border Chief Expected to Resign as Migrant Children Are Returned to Texas Facility
The Trump administration says it is transferring the children back to a shelter in Clint, Tex., that had seen hundreds of children held in overcrowded and filthy conditions.
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SCOOP: Acting Border Protection Chief Expected to Resign as Migrant Children Are Returned to Texas Facility. With @KannoYoungs
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Hundreds of Migrant Children Are Moved Out of an Overcrowded Border Station
The government has moved hundreds of migrant children who had been living in filthy conditions on the Texas border.
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UPDATE: Some of the children from Clint have been transferred into the HHS shelter system and others to a tent facility run by CBP in El Paso. We'll be updating as we learn more.
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