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Felipe De La Hoz is a reporter focusing on policy and investigative immigration coverage. He is the co-founder of BORDER/LINES, a weekly newsletter that breaks down changes in federal immigration policy.
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Biden Showers Cash on Ex-CIA Contractor to Transfer Migrants
BUILD BACK BETTER?“This is a really abusive company that has profited off of the worst of this country’s policies regarding detention, torture, and widespread abuses.”

U.S. Won’t Let Him in—Even Though His Docs Say He’s American
Pandemic PurgatoryUnder a controversial Trump administration COVID order that Joe Biden has left in place, Óscar Luis Cortes García is stuck in limbo.

Trump Obliterated Immigration Law. Congress Let Him.
DO YOUR JOBS!Congress is supposed to make laws, right? But there’s a section of immigration law that lets the president do whatever he wants. And Trump has.

The Coronavirus Is Making Immigrant-Haters’ Dreams Come True
‘ANY CLASS OF ALIENS’Already, the president’s allies in Congress are pushing the argument that the skyrocketing unemployment rate is a reason to terminate immigration altogether.

Who Counts as American for Trump’s Coronavirus Cash?
‘NON-PEOPLE’There are calls to exclude people without legal status to be excluded. Rand Paul says “taxpayer money shouldn’t go to non-people.” Steven Mnuchin stresses it's for “Americans.”

DA Backs Off Hardline Stance on Immigrants Caught With Weed
‘POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCE’The abrupt reversal ends the office’s argument against a state law intended to protect minor drug offenders who agreed to pretrial diversion program from deportation.

Trump’s Immigration Goon Squad Pretends to Be Police in NYC
ROGUE ‘RUSES’ICE agents have been resorting to deceptions that go way beyond just identifying as ‘police.’
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