Jeremy Raff
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Jose Cabezas / AFP / Getty ICE Is a Godsend for One Small Town in Texas
After the immigrant detention center in Raymondville closed down, the local economy took a dive. Officials hope its reopening will bring an influx of cash and jobs.
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Courtesy / Getty / The Atlantic ICE Is Pressuring Separated Parents to Choose Deportation
Immigrants and lawyers say the agency is trying to “coerce or confuse” detainees into thinking deportation is the only way to get their kids back.
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Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic Kids Describe the Fear of Separation at the Border
Children who experienced the “icebox” say they didn’t know if they would see their parents again.
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The Lucky Ones
Migrant children describe crossing the border and spending days in a detention center.
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Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic Nine Days of Agony
From behind bars, a father searches for one of the 2,000 kids still separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Jeremy Raff Purgatory at the Border
Families fleeing gang violence are stuck at a pedestrian bridge between the U.S. and Mexico. They’re hungry, exhausted, and scared for their lives.
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Watch the U.S. Turn Away Asylum Seekers at the Border
Fleeing violence, a family faces the Trump administration's crackdown.
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Eduardo Munoz / Reuters To Stop Gangs, First You Have to Find Them
Rejecting members of MS-13 is the centerpiece of the president’s immigration strategy. But it’s not easy to tell who’s really in a gang.
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(Jeremy Raff / Atthar Mirza / The Atlantic) 'So What? Maybe It Is a Concentration Camp'
Joe Arpaio made his name by building a harsh jail in the desert. Now, Trump is promising to take his punitive approach to immigration national.
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The American Detention Machine
“U.S. history is not about the nation of immigrants.”
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Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic The 'Double Punishment' for Black Undocumented Immigrants
Although only 7 percent of non-citizens in the U.S. are black, they make up 20 percent of those facing deportation on criminal grounds.
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Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic Arpaio Tells Bannon He Wants to Head the Marshal's Service
The former Maricopa County Sheriff—convicted of criminal contempt, and then pardoned by the president—is still seeking the limelight.
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Does Swearing Make You Likable?
Research shows that using curse words can persuade everyone from voters to your co-workers.
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Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic DACA Med Students Face Uncertain Futures
“It's yes, then no, then yes, then no.”
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What Scientists Have Learned From Eclipses
Under the moon’s shadow, humans have created both grand myths and scientific breakthroughs.
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Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic Why Americans With Disabilities Fear Medicaid Cuts
The Senate’s health-care bill includes changes to the federal program, raising concerns among those who rely on it.
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How Health-Care Cuts Could Impact Disabled Americans
Some fear the Senate plan could cost them their freedom.
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Why Are Humans Awkward?
The science behind that cringeworthy feeling
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Which Animal Murders the Most?
Humans aren't the only mammals who kill each other. So how do we stack up to lions, tigers, and bears?
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How the Internet Is Changing Friendship
Does social media make all friendships last forever?
