Immigration desk
Immigration
The official data and legal definitions behind claims about immigration, the border, visas, asylum, and citizenship.
Open source desk
Start with the record.
This desk keeps enforcement statistics, legal categories, and policy claims distinct. Published checks appear below only after sources and terminology have been reviewed.
What this desk watches
- Border encounters and enforcement definitions
- Asylum, refugee, and visa processes
- Naturalization and immigration-benefit data
- Immigration-court and removal claims
U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionNationwide and border encounter statistics, definitions, and public data.Office of Homeland Security StatisticsFederal immigration tables and state-level statistical resources.U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesFederal immigration-benefit programs, forms, and policy guidance.Executive Office for Immigration ReviewImmigration-court information and adjudication resources.
Across the press
What newsrooms are covering on immigration right now
No immigration story is being carried by two or more independent newsrooms this week. Below is what single outlets have filed.
On the wire
- The GuardianHow will Trump’s mass deportation agenda shape the US midterm elections? Our reporters answer your questionsOct 21
- The GuardianUS charges six people in alleged Massachusetts marriage fraud ringOct 21
- The GuardianSeverely ill ICE detainees face imminent deportation to unknown African states, advocates sayOct 21
- The GuardianDoJ’s suspected non-citizens list includes ‘high percentage’ of those born in US, LA officials sayOct 20
Headlines link to the newsroom that wrote them. Appearing here is not an endorsement, and a story many outlets carry is corroborated, not necessarily true. Claims worth checking go to the desk and land in the record below.
Published record