Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
Coverage of Aaron Reichlin-Melnick in the Nexus archive.
- “Warehousing Human Beings”
Hundreds of detained people at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, launched a hunger and labor strike to protest inhumane conditions, including lack of medical care and spoiled food, at the immigration detention facility operated by GEO Group. Protests were met with violent tactics from law enforcement, including tear gas and arrests, as described by Andrea Sáenz and Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, who criticized the Trump administration's restricted oversight and the impact on all Americans.
- FBI Redirected Thousands of Workers to Target Immigrants Under Trump's Deportation Push
The FBI increased its immigration-related workforce by 23 times in the first nine months of Trump's second term, from 279 to over 6,500 personnel. Experts criticize the redirection as diverting resources from criminal investigations to civil immigration enforcement under Director Kash Patel.