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Despite the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, U.S.-born workers aren’t seeing more jobs or higher wages, including in sectors with a high share of immigrant labor. AP Photo/Richard Vogel

When ICE ramped up enforcement, US‑born workers didn’t see any economic gains

Contrary to the belief that an immigration crackdown would lead to more jobs for US-born workers, ICE enforcement hasn’t produced economic gains for Americans.
Digital tools have transformed how violence is documented, allowing activists, journalists and families of victims to gather forensic evidence, yet legal systems still often sideline that grassroots knowledge. (Unsplash)

More evidence doesn’t mean more justice: The limits of visual technologies in human rights cases

The expansion of technologies has increased the documentation of violence. But it doesn’t always lead to justice since courts often exclude information gathered by families and communities.
An undocumented mother walks her 6-year-old daughter to school in Danbury, Conn., in October 2025, shortly before the family self-deported. John Moore/Getty Images

Immigrant kids can attend school regardless of citizenship – some states are challenging this standard

The Heritage Foundation released a policy document in February 2026 that spells out how states can try to challenge a 1982 Supreme Court ruling that enshrined immigrant students’ right to attend school.

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