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According to popular belief, the statue of the Pillars of Hercules in Ceuta hails back to the time when Africa was joined to Europe, and the god Hercules cut the channel to divide them. Another legend has it that Hercules pulled the two continents together to narrow the strait of Gibraltar to stop sea monsters from the Atlantic entering the Mediterranean. Curioso Photography/Shutterstock (no reuse)

Ceuta migrant crossings: are calls for stronger border controls from 22 member states in line with EU law?

In a knee-jerk reaction to the situation in Ceuta, 22 EU member states are seeking to step up border security. What are the legal loopholes and do stronger controls comply with the rule of law?
Barbed wire surrounds the GEO Group ICE detention facility in Adelanto, Calif. on July 10, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

When immigration detention becomes a system of concentration: Lessons from research on 150 historical cases

Scholars have defined the elements of what qualifies as a concentration camp system. Based on those, ICE detention facilities meet the definition of concentration camps.
Children hold signs on the porch of a house as protesters march in Minneapolis against Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Jan. 10, 2026. Octavio JONES/AFP via Getty Images

There are long‑lasting, negative effects for children like Liam Ramos who are detained, or watch their parents be deported

Children with a parent or family member who is detained, or are part of a drawn-out immigration court case, are twice as likely to have anxiety as young adults.
Federal agents deploy tear gas as residents protest a federal agent-involved shooting during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis, Minn., on Jan. 14, 2026. Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images

ICE immigration tactics are shocking more Americans as US‑Mexico border operations move north

Militarized immigration enforcement used to be confined to near the US-Mexico border, far away from most Americans’ front lawns.
August 28, 2024. Immigrants who arrived by canoe are registered by Spanish Police and Civil Guard officers at Arguineguín airport in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. Canary4stock/Shutterstock

‘We have to regularise them’: Europe’s deportation‑first border policy, as told by the judges and police who enforce it

The border agents we interviewed objected to detaining and forcibly returning irregular migrants.
Students protest at Arizona State University in January 2025 against a Republican student group encouraging students to report their peers to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation. Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press

A fragmented legal system and threat of deportation are pushing higher education out of reach for many undocumented students

While some students living in the US without legal authorization can apply for private scholarships or state-based financial aid, a growing number of states are changing the rules.
The U.S. Constitution’s first three articles are getting a lot of attention these days. giftlegacy, iStock/Getty Images Plus

Federal judges are frustrated by defiance from the Trump administration and fuzziness from the Supreme Court

You’re probably hearing references in the news to “Article 1,” “Article 2” and “Article 3.” Why are phrases usually associated with discussions of constitutional law now cropping up in politics?
The Trump administration detained former Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, center, for more than two months and is seeking to revoke his lawful permanent resident status. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images

A law from the era of Red Scares is supercharging Trump administration’s power over immigrants and noncitizens

A 1952 law that President Harry S. Truman opposed, calling it a step backward, now underpins many actions by the Trump administration against noncitizens in the US.

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