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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Why Latinos Join ICE

Geraldo L. Cadava

April 7, 2026

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The $97 Million Utah Warehouse ICE Bought for $145 Million

April 7, 2026

Warehouse in Utah purchased by DHS

Wrestling’s Newest Star Is Massive, Bearded, and Ready to Piledrive ICE

April 6, 2026

A black and white photograph of Brody King at night after a fight

She Testified About Being Raped. Then ICE Showed Up.

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

April 6, 2026

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Does the Constitution Protect This Congresswoman From Trump?

March 30, 2026

Panels of the Constitution, LaMonica McIver, a red line, Trump, and the bottom of a column

Kristi Noem Is Gone. Now Mass Deportations Can Really Begin.

March 27, 2026

President Trump shaking hands with newly sworn in Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office

Shockingly, ICE Hasn’t Fixed the Airport Crisis

Alexandra Petri

March 26, 2026

ICE guards with airplane doodles in the back

ICE Might Be Violating America’s Other Bill of Rights

March 26, 2026

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Meet the New ICE

March 26, 2026

ICE agents stand guard at Newark Liberty International Airport.

There Were Warnings

Juliette Kayyem

March 23, 2026

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American Aviation Is Near Collapse

David A. Graham

March 23, 2026

Air traffic controllers at LaGuardia Airport

How to Fix DHS

Paul Rosenzweig

March 22, 2026

DHS emblem, broken into pieces

Kristi Noem Bought 11 Warehouses to Use as ICE Jails. Now What?

March 16, 2026

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I Recognize the Look on Liam Ramos’s Face

Caitlin Dickerson

March 10, 2026

An illustration of an image of 5-year-old Liam Ramos wearing a blue bunny hat next to an image of three silhouettes, two adults and one child, walking against the background of the Dilley Immigration Processing Center

‘America Doesn’t Want My Children or Grandchildren’

Caitlin Dickerson

April 2026 Issue

Sara packs up her New York life in July 2025.

Our Olympians Are Being Put in an Impossible Position

February 20, 2026

The Atlantic’s Nick Miroff Wins 2025 George Polk Award for Immigration Reporting

February 18, 2026

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Kristi Noem’s Audience of One

Nick Miroff, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, and Michael Scherer

February 13, 2026

Kristi Noem speaks during a recent press conference about border security and drug seizures.

Conservative Women Find a New Way to Talk About ICE

February 10, 2026

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‘Not American Enough’

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

February 9, 2026

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‘Together, We Are America’

Spencer Kornhaber

February 9, 2026

Bad Bunny performing at the Super Bowl

ICE After Minneapolis

February 7, 2026

A collage including Tom Homan, Kristi Noem, agents "POLICE ICE" written on their backs, Stephen Miller, and a close-up of a body-worn camera

How to Actually Reform ICE

Paul Rosenzweig

February 4, 2026

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ICE Is Failing the Legitimacy Test

Brandon del Pozo and Barry Friedman

January 26, 2026

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Why Conservatives Defend ICE

January 22, 2026

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The Court Case That Is Allowing ICE to Stop Just About Anyone It Wants

Paul Rosenzweig

January 12, 2026

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This Will Happen Again

Elizabeth Bruenig

January 10, 2026

A man standing with his hands up opposite a group of heavily armed ICE agents

Why the Supreme Court Is Giving ICE So Much Power

December 29, 2025

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Atlantic Trivia on Heists, Myths, YA Lit, and More

October 24, 2025

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How Do You Prove Your Citizenship?

September 12, 2025

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Who Wants to Work for ICE? They Do.

August 28, 2025

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Fast Times at Immigration and Customs Enforcement

August 26, 2025

A bejeweled ICE badge on a gold chain