The War on Immigrants
ICE Denies Pepper-Spraying Rep. Adelita Grijalva in Incident Caught on Video
Heavily armed tactical teams fired crowd suppression munitions at the Arizona lawmaker and protesters, claiming she was leading “a mob.”
Ryan Devereaux
Ryan Devereaux is an award-winning investigative journalist based in Tucson, Arizona, covering the intersections of politics, power, and justice in the American West. He is a Type Media Center fellow and is currently writing a book on the politics of predator management in the Northern Rockies.
He was a lead reporter on The Intercept’s award-winning series the Drone Papers, and winner of the 2017 Online Journalism Award for best feature writing for a small newsroom. In 2020, Devereaux received the Deadline Club’s top prize for feature reporting for “Bodies in the Borderlands,” a yearlong investigation into the criminalization of humanitarian aid in the Sonoran Desert, and in 2023 he shared an Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting for his coverage of Arizona’s illegal dumping of shipping containers as an ad hoc border barrier on protected public lands. He has reported extensively on the drug war in Mexico, the war on terror, and immigration enforcement. Prior to The Intercept, Devereaux worked at The Guardian US covering policing in New York City.
He was a lead reporter on The Intercept’s award-winning series the Drone Papers, and winner of the 2017 Online Journalism Award for best feature writing for a small newsroom. In 2020, Devereaux received the Deadline Club’s top prize for feature reporting for “Bodies in the Borderlands,” a yearlong investigation into the criminalization of humanitarian aid in the Sonoran Desert, and in 2023 he shared an Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting for his coverage of Arizona’s illegal dumping of shipping containers as an ad hoc border barrier on protected public lands. He has reported extensively on the drug war in Mexico, the war on terror, and immigration enforcement. Prior to The Intercept, Devereaux worked at The Guardian US covering policing in New York City.
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The War on Immigrants
Border Patrol Raided Arizona Medical Aid Site With No Warrant, Showing Growing “Impunity”
The raid on humanitarian aid providers on the U.S.–Mexico divide late last month was the first where Border Patrol entered structures without a warrant.
Grizzly Bear Poachers Flout the Endangered Species Act — and Get Away With It
A trove of investigative files reveals that the Department of Justice almost never prosecutes grizzly bear killers under the powerful law.
Justice Department Won’t Charge Border Patrol Agents Who Killed Native Man
No explanation was given to Raymond Mattia’s family, who said prosecutors violated new federal guidelines on victims’ rights.
The War on Immigrants
Border Patrol Violating Court Order Against Inhumane Treatment of Migrants, Officials Say
In Arizona, migrants caged outdoors endure extreme temperatures, cardboard scraps for beds, and overflowing porta-potties.
Secretive Federal Agency’s Days of Killing Pets With Poison Bombs May Finally Be Ending
Banning the cyanide bombs — planted throughout the American West in service of the livestock industry — has been the Mansfield family’s mission.
The War on Immigrants
Texas State Police Purchased Israeli Phone-Tracking Software for “Border Emergency”
The software was licensed as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s troubled Operation Lone Star border crackdown.
Border Patrol Is Caging Migrants Outdoors During Deadly Arizona Heatwave
Photos taken by The Intercept show dozens of people trapped with little shade in a lethal desert.
Biden Fast-Tracked a Green Energy Mine in One of Earth’s Rarest Ecosystems. Arizona Locals Took It to Court.
Joe Biden approved the mine to extract minerals for green energy, but locals say it will threaten the biodiversity of the Patagonia Mountains.
Border Patrol Video of Killing Shows Native Man Had No Gun, Complied With Orders
Raymond Mattia’s family said the partial release of body camera footage “feels like a cheap attempt to justify what they did.”