immigration

October 27, 2026

Color photo of a truck bearing a flag that reads: "Deport Them All, I Support ICE."

Ideas

America Needs Its Indian Immigrants

Meenakshi Ahamed

October 22, 2026

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Atlantic Exclusive

He Joined the Military. They Reported His Wife to ICE.

Nick Miroff and Nancy A. Youssef

October 16, 2026

A color photograph of a woman with black hair and glasses looking at the camera while holding a smile child and surrounded by bigger kids.

Books

Immigration Is a Poorly Oiled Machine

Geraldo L. Cadava

October 12, 2026

Illustration of a man with brown skin squeezing through an old-fashioned machine

Ideas

The GOP’s Message to Immigrants

Adam Serwer

October 9, 2026

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Politics

The Problem With Trump’s Crime Claims

Jack Rodriquez-Vars and Nick Miroff

October 1, 2026

Three armed men with face coverings and bulletproof vests that say "POLICE" and "ICE" stand side by side in front of tall fences with barbed wire.

Politics

ICE Deportees Are Vanishing Into Salvadoran Prisons

Kevin Sieff

September 29, 2026

A map of El Salvador overlaid with photos of a crowd of men with shaved heads and white shirts seated in rows of white chairs

Politics

The Northern Passage

Nick Miroff

September 21, 2026

Street signs and a boundary marker to Canada

Politics

How the Right Could Actually End Birthright Citizenship

Quinta Jurecic

October 2026 Issue

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Politics

Not American Enough

Toluse Olorunnipa

August 27, 2026

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National Security

A Reverse Ellis Island

Kevin Sieff

August 24, 2026

A scene from the street in Tapachula, Mexico

Politics

The Man in Charge of Immigration Data Just Resigned

Nick Miroff

August 10, 2026

Markwayne Mullin at a podium with people raising their hands in the foreground. Three American flags behind him.

The Atlantic Daily

Trump’s Déjà Vu Moment on Birthright Citizenship

David A. Graham

August 7, 2026

Ideas

The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta

Anne Applebaum

August 2, 2026

Silhouettes of migrants returning to Morocco from Ceuta

Ideas

When Following the Rules Leads to Disaster

Graeme Wood

August 1, 2026

A solider stands on a beach littered with trash and filled with people approaching the shore from the water.

Politics

Schengen’s Greatest Failure

Isaac Stanley-Becker

July 31, 2026

Politics

The Problem With Shutting Down ICE in Blue States

Nick Miroff

July 26, 2026

A silhouette of a man is seen in a building behind barbed wire

Podcasts

‘Turning Up the Heat on the Streets’

Hanna Rosin

July 20, 2026

A woman mourns at a makeshift memorial for Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero in Maine

Ideas

The Other Case for Birthright Citizenship

Amanda Frost

July 2, 2026

Color photograph of people gathered outside the U.S. Capitol on a sunny day around a man speaking at a lectern bearing a sign that reads, "Born Here. Belong Here."

Ideas

The Court That Will Believe Absolutely Anything Is ‘Race-Neutral’

Adam Serwer

June 27, 2026

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Ideas

The Supreme Court’s Era of Meaningless Rights

Leah Litman

June 26, 2026

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Radio Atlantic

What Will Happen to Birthright Citizenship?

Adam Harris

June 22, 2026

Politics

A New Kind of Family-Separation Crisis

Caitlin Dickerson

May 15, 2026

Politics

Stephen Miller in Retreat

Michael Scherer and Nick Miroff

May 11, 2026

Collage of Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, Homeland Security department seal, agents with "POLICE" written on uniform, White House; in red, white, and black

Culture

Pope Leo’s Pro-Life Challenge to Conservative Catholics

Luis Parrales

May 8, 2026

A priest in the foreground in front of an image of Pope Leo

Ideas

Americans Once Understood Birthright Citizenship

Lawrence Glickman

April 28, 2026

A black and white photograph of a woman reading the Philadelphia Inquirer

Ideas

Why Latinos Join ICE

Geraldo L. Cadava

April 7, 2026

Photograph of black silhouettes of border agents standing with hands on their hips illuminated by a vehicle’s headlights behind them

Politics

She Testified About Being Raped. Then ICE Showed Up.

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

April 6, 2026

An illustration of a woman in business attire walking down steps, similar to ones at a courthouse. Three red figures wait at the bottom of the steps.

Ideas

What the Birthright Case Is Really About

Adam Serwer

April 2, 2026

A black and white photo of four light skinned men in robes, their heads not visible

Ideas

How the Left Accidentally Bolstered the Nativist Right

Alexander Kustov

April 2, 2026

Photograph of hands holding a U.S. flag and an envelope labeled “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services”

Politics

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

Nick Miroff

March 27, 2026

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

Ideas

ICE Might Be Violating America’s Other Bill of Rights

Priyanka Menon

March 26, 2026

Black-and-white photograph of four ICE agents wearing caps and face masks on a sidewalk in a suburban neighborhood

Ideas

The Immigration Restriction Trump Won’t Try

Marc Novicoff

March 26, 2026

A collage of immigration-related documents and Donald Trump's face

The Atlantic Daily

Trump Is Asking to Be Bailed Out Again

David A. Graham

March 25, 2026

Ideas

The Most Urgent Issue for the U.S. Catholic Church Isn’t Abortion Anymore

Francis X. Rocca

March 24, 2026

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Ideas

What Paul Ehrlich’s Fear of Scarcity Did to American Politics

Jacob Anbinder

March 19, 2026

Sections

The Print Edition

When ICE Comes for a MAGA Supporter

America Needs Its Indian Immigrants

He Joined the Military. They Reported His Wife to ICE.

Immigration Is a Poorly Oiled Machine

The GOP’s Message to Immigrants

The Problem With Trump’s Crime Claims

ICE Deportees Are Vanishing Into Salvadoran Prisons

The Northern Passage

How the Right Could Actually End Birthright Citizenship

Not American Enough

A Reverse Ellis Island

The Man in Charge of Immigration Data Just Resigned

Trump’s Déjà Vu Moment on Birthright Citizenship

The Far Right Is Distorting Ceuta

When Following the Rules Leads to Disaster

Schengen’s Greatest Failure

The Problem With Shutting Down ICE in Blue States

‘Turning Up the Heat on the Streets’

The Other Case for Birthright Citizenship

The Court That Will Believe Absolutely Anything Is ‘Race-Neutral’

The Supreme Court’s Era of Meaningless Rights

What Will Happen to Birthright Citizenship?

A New Kind of Family-Separation Crisis

Stephen Miller in Retreat

Pope Leo’s Pro-Life Challenge to Conservative Catholics

Americans Once Understood Birthright Citizenship

Why Latinos Join ICE

She Testified About Being Raped. Then ICE Showed Up.

What the Birthright Case Is Really About

How the Left Accidentally Bolstered the Nativist Right

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

ICE Might Be Violating America’s Other Bill of Rights

The Immigration Restriction Trump Won’t Try

Trump Is Asking to Be Bailed Out Again

The Most Urgent Issue for the U.S. Catholic Church Isn’t Abortion Anymore

What Paul Ehrlich’s Fear of Scarcity Did to American Politics