Immigration
Vox’s coverage of immigration policy: from executive orders targeting birthright citizenship to the expansion of ICE and more.
The Alien Enemies Act, explained.
Trump’s new attempt to test the courts’ limits, explained.
The administration says it has deported hundreds of members of the Venezuelan gang.
Americans don’t agree on whether being born here should make you a citizen. That’s not new.
The president is claiming total control over agencies that, by law, are independent.
Trump’s secretive plans to detain immigrants at Guantánamo do not put them beyond the reach of US law.
In the 1990s, thousands of Haitians were detained there in horrific conditions with little oversight.
Democrats’ struggles to respond to Trump’s immigration policies have some deeper, historical roots.
Trump’s first travel ban was overturned in court in 2017. His legal strategy may be savvier this time around.
Trump often promises instant results. Don’t fall for it.
The president cannot unilaterally repeal parts of the 14th Amendment.
It’s not good.
Here’s what the data says.
The Laken Riley Act passed with bipartisan support and will upend immigration enforcement.
The Constitution guarantees citizenship to nearly everyone born in the US. Trump wants to take that away.
How Trump could use executive orders to force his agenda on America.
The US does need more skilled workers. But that’s not all it needs.
Democrats moved to the right on immigration. Will sanctuary cities still stand up to Trump?
Democrats must not forfeit the fight for expanding legal admissions.
A second Trump presidency could be even worse for refugees than the first.
Countries like China and Venezuela often don’t accept US deportees. Trump is eyeing a workaround.
Temporary Protected Status shields thousands of immigrants from deportation. Trump wants to end it.
Trump’s immigration crackdown could extend to the US-Canada border.
Presidential powers to use the military domestically are broad, but not absolute.
Trump shunned Project 2025. He’s picking its authors for Cabinet positions anyway.
Mass deportations could separate millions of undocumented immigrants and their US citizen children.
Investors in private prisons think they’ve hit the jackpot with a second Trump presidency.
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. Here’s what our writers are watching.
Here’s what history tells us.
Trump’s lies about electoral fraud rest on an argument about nonwhite people.
Americans’ opinions on immigration are more complicated than any one question can capture.
Arizona’s dueling ballot measures on abortion and immigration, explained.
Democrats’ immigration politics have taken a Trumpy turn since 2020. Would a Harris administration change that?
The vice president had a chance to defend immigrants on Fox News. She passed.
Latinos may be shifting right, but not for the reasons you think.
The right-wing conspiracy theory jumped from Facebook to X to a presidential debate stage.
Republicans know exactly what they’re doing.
Apparently, when you are a Republican political candidate you can say literally anything.
The nominee is pivoting hard to the right on immigration, so why do progressives say they can live with it?
Will the biggest program to legalize undocumented immigrants in a decade survive a court challenge?