US at 50: Unintended consequences

“Abolish ICE” is a call that dates back to the birth of the agency. It's only gotten louder as ICE's enforcement tactics have become more brazen. In the final episode of our deep dive into ICE, we look into the history of this movement, the challenges with imagination and why this moment is different. 

Detention centers are proliferating thanks to ICE’s ballooning budget and ever-expanding mission. In our continued deep dive into ICE, we look at where and how the agency is housing its detainees – a process that’s been shrouded in secrecy.

ICE has launched another huge hiring campaign. Our deep dive into ICE continues by looking into who the agency is hiring, the issues in its recruiting and vetting process and how agents are trained before hitting the streets.

Our deep dive into ICE begins with a brief history of the agency and a look at how it’s changed over time. As ICE ramps up its aggressive tactics under the second Trump administration, just how much of what we’re seeing is legal?

In the coming months, Status Pending is diving deep into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. We’ll look into how this relatively new agency came to be and how some experts say it went rogue. We’ll find out who ICE has been employing and what we know about detention centers. And finally, we’ll spend time looking into the surprising history of calls to abolish ICE.

There's been a boom of Yemeni and Middle Eastern coffee shops in Milwaukee and across the country. Many of them are run by immigrants. They’ve become a gathering place for Muslim Americans and others looking for a late-night hangout that doesn’t revolve around alcohol.

President Trump has ramped up an aggressive immigration policy – one that targets people without criminal records, and even people with pending asylum claims or visa applications. In Milwaukee, there may not be a clearer example than Yessenia Ruano.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has become an important figure in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, forming an alliance that is shaping deportation efforts in the U.S. A journalist covering El Salvador and a human rights advocate share what we know about what's happening.

Fifty years ago, the face of immigration in the U.S. was undergoing a major shift, from largely European immigrants to many more from Asia and Latin America. It was because of the “the bill of unintended consequences” -- a 1965 law that reshaped who was allowed to immigrate to the U.S., and who was criminalized.

Our series about the U.S.’s immigration history continues, with a look back 100 years ago. That’s when many immigrants migrated north from Mexico for the promise of a better life. What waited for people at this new border? And what did it take to fulfill the promise of a new America?