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Immigration
I Joined ICE Watch
Everyday citizens are tasked with 5 a.m. patrol shifts, license plate–tracking, and rapid response teams.
Olivia Reingold
The Killing of Renee Good—and a City on Edge
Minneapolis is the site of the largest ICE operation in history. Residents have responded by forming neighborhood watch groups. Now one of them is dead.
Olivia Reingold
The Legal Stakes for the Minneapolis ICE Shooter
Is he immune from prosecution? Can he justify the second and third shots in court? Here’s a legal analysis.
Jed Rubenfeld
The Right Response to the Minneapolis ICE Shooting
Kristi Noem and Jacob Frey react to a shooting with the speed and logic of the internet. Americans deserve better.
The Editors
Brigitte Bardot Is Dead. Why Are We Scolding Her?
It seems that certain people with certain beliefs must be disposed of carefully.
Kara Kennedy
What to Expect in 2026 with Niall Ferguson, John McWhorter, Dr. Mark Hyman, Leandra Medine Cohen, Suzy Weiss, and Sarah Isgur
What’s in store for 2026? We ask experts and friends of the pod.
Bari Weiss
2HR 27M
The Free Press Heroes of 2025
Heroes emerge even—or especially—in times of great darkness. Here are a few of the people we’re thankful for as we end the year.
The Editors
Putting Clan over Country Will Ruin America
The Minnesota fraud scheme shows that only full assimilation can change certain immigrants’ sectarian tendencies.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
‘They Want to Dismantle the System’
Immigration courts were already struggling to clear a massive backlog of cases. Then the Trump administration started firing judges.
Joe Nocera
The Trump-Voting Mom Helping Chicago’s Immigrants
We spent the day with Aleah Arundale as she fought to protect her new neighbors against the threat of ICE raids.
Frannie Block and Tanya Lukyanova
14M
The Front Page: Pilgrims, Past and Present
Martin Gurri and Masih Alinejad on their journeys to America. Plus: No, you are not on stolen land. And more.
The Free Press
One Immigrant Boy’s Journey from Cuba to the CIA
How did a clueless boy from Havana end up in the most exclusive club in the country? I answered an ad in the newspaper.
Martin Gurri
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