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AllSides reveals media bias and helps heal political polarization on immigration and other related issues, including Mexico, the border crisis and homeland security. Burst your filter bubble: understand perspectives and stances from conservatives, progressives, and everyone in between on immigration — explore fact checks, data, pro-con arguments and balanced news.

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Detained Palestinian Student Activist Mohsen Mahdawi Released from Custody

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Federal judge orders release of detained pro-Palestinian Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi

Washington Examiner

From the Center

US releases Mohsen Mahdawi, detained Columbia student activist

BBC News

From the Left

A Palestinian student at Columbia is released after arrest at his citizenship interview

Associated Press

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Judge Says 2-Year-Old US Citizen Possibly Deported Without ‘Meaningful Process’

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Feds Raid Unlicensed Colorado Nightclub, Detain Hundreds

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Inside AllSides: Condemning Abduction-style Deportations

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April 8th, 2025

Trump Invokes Alien Enemies Act in Deportation of Alleged Gang Members

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Trump Invokes Alien Enemies Act in Deportation of Alleged Gang Members

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March 20th, 2025

Pro-Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Facing Deportation

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Pro-Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Facing Deportation

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March 13th, 2025

When Trump Looks Almost, Possibly but Not Quite Vulnerable

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February 24th, 2025

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History of immigration to the United States

Wikipedia

Migration Data Hub

Migration Policy Institute

Key facts about Title 42, the pandemic policy that has reshaped immigration enforcement at U.S.-Mexico border

Pew Research Center

Immigration is mutually beneficial. When will Americans learn this lesson?

San Diego Union-Tribune

Poll: High concern about crime and illegal immigration, two of Biden’s weak spots

Fox News Digital

Most Americans Are Critical of Government’s Handling of Situation at U.S.-Mexico Border

Pew Research Center

Key facts about the changing U.S. unauthorized immigrant population

Pew Research Center

Views on race and immigration

Pew Research Center

Far more immigration cases are being prosecuted criminally under Trump administration

Pew Research Center

Latino views of immigration policy

Pew Research Center

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Balanced News about Immigration on AllSides

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CNN Digital

A Palestinian student at Columbia is released after arrest at his citizenship interview

Associated Press

He was tortured by the Taliban. Will he be sent back to Afghanistan?

NBC News Digital

Mahmoud Khalil's challenge to his detention moves forward

ABC News (Online)

Van Hollen Makes Personal Appeal to Trump to Return Deported Immigrant

New York Times (News)

Appeals court pauses Tufts student's transfer to Vermont in immigration detention case

NPR (Online News)

Mohsen Mahdawi speaks out for first time from detention: 'I have faith that justice will prevail'

NBC News Digital

Trump Signs 3 Executive Orders, Addressing Immigration and Policing

New York Times (News)

Attorneys dispute Trump officials' claim that deported moms willingly took their U.S. citizen children

NBC News Digital

Over 200 people detained, including military members, at unlicensed nightclub in Colorado, DEA says

ABC News (Online)

Did Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers tell state employees not to assist federal immigration officials?

Gigafact

US releases Mohsen Mahdawi, detained Columbia student activist

BBC News

ICE detains Irish woman residing in US over decades-old expunged conviction

Euronews

Trump Reversing Obama-Era Rule with Order Requiring Truckers Speak English

Newsweek

Three US citizen children, one with cancer, deported to Honduras, lawyers say

BBC News

Over 100 Migrants, Service Members Arrested in Major Illegal Nightclub Raid

Newsweek

Judge says US citizen, 2, may have been deported without 'meaningful process'

BBC News

Trump Administration Makes Major Student Visa Change

Newsweek

FBI Arrests Judge Over Immigration Case

Newsweek

Trump Judge Orders White House to Return Deported Migrant

Newsweek

Second wife abuse report emerges against deported El Salvadoran: ‘ Me and my kids are afraid now’

Just The News

Federal judge orders release of detained pro-Palestinian Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi

Washington Examiner

In Combative Interview, Trump Insists He Will Not Facilitate Abrego Garcia’s Return to U.S.

National Review (News)

Kilmar Abrego Garcia accused of being gang-banger in 2018 court docs — in latest claim of MS-13 affiliation

New York Post (News)

Michelle Obama’s Selective Amnesia: Paging ICE for Reality Check

Townhall

Trump admin revokes 4K foreign students' visas in first 100 days, nearly all with serious criminal records

Fox News Digital

President Trump signs three executive orders targeting illegal immigration and public safety

Just The News

Beware the Spin About a Judge’s Arrest for Allegedly Helping an Illegal Immigrant Escape

National Review (Opinion)

Yes, We Need Deportations Without Due Process

National Review (Opinion)

Multi-Agency Raid Hits Tren De Aragua Hotspot: Officials Take More Than 100 Into Custody

The Daily Wire