Jeremy Raff
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A Secret at the Border: The Undocumented Agent
As a Border Patrol agent, Raul Rodriguez deported thousands of people. Now he faces his own deportation. → Read More
How Sick Do Migrant Children Have to Be to Get Help From the U.S.?
Border guards repeatedly denied entry to a 7-year-old with life threatening illness. Why did they change their minds? → Read More
Border Chapel: Father Roy Snipes and the Border Wall
At the U.S.-Mexico border, a priest tries to save his chapel, which is in the direct path of the proposed border wall. → Read More
Narcotics Officer Kevin Simmers's Daughter Overdosed on Heroin
A personal tragedy forces a narcotics officer to rethink his stance on the drug war. → Read More
Some Immigrant Parents Fear Losing Their Children Forever
Immigrant children separated from their parents can spend months, even years, in American foster homes. There have even been rare cases in which state officials have authorized permanent adoptions without notifying deported parents. → Read More
‘The Separation Was So Long. My Son Has Changed So Much.’
U.S. border guards took a 6-year-old Honduran boy from his mother, and ultimately returned a deeply traumatized child. → Read More
Traumatized Children Separated from Families at U.S.-Mexico Border
An unflinching look at one family's experience being forcibly separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. → Read More
Refugee Road: Mauritanian Immigrants in Columbus, Ohio Face ICE Crackdown
Hundreds of immigrants in Columbus, Ohio face an ICE crackdown. → Read More
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. → Read More
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. → Read More
Watch the U.S. Turn Away Asylum Seekers at the Border
Feeling violence, a family faces the Trump administration's crackdown. → Read More
'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. → Read More
Joe Arpaio and Trump's ICE Immigration Detention
“U.S. history is not about the nation of immigrants.” → Read More
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. → Read More
Swearing makes people likable
Research shows that using curse words can persuade everyone from voters to your co-workers. → Read More
The Uncertain Futures of DACA Med Students
Jirayut New Latthivongskorn’s first day at Harvard Medical School didn’t go as planned. After class on Monday, instead of networking with the Cambridge elite, he spent hours on the phone frantically strategizing with other undocumented health professionals, who had become worried after days of speculation that President Trump is considering revoking DACA. “Looking like a crazy person in Harvard… → Read More
Eclipses Are More than a Unique Experience — They Have Led to Important Discoveries.
Under the moon’s shadow, humans have created both grand myths and scientific breakthroughs. → Read More
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. → Read More
Could Medicaid Cuts Cost Disabled People Their Freedom?
Why people with disabilities fear Medicaid cuts could cost them their freedom. → Read More
Inside the Brain of an Awkward Person
Why are some people more prone to uncomfortable moments than others? This video explores why certain humans avoid eye contact and have trouble picking up on social cues. For further reading on the topic, check out Ty Tashiro’s book Awkward. → Read More