How Legal Immigration Became a Deportation Trap
The New Yorker
by Jonathan BlitzerFebruary 17, 2026
Jonathan Blitzer on how the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards, has become a site for easy arrests and deportations under the Trump Administration.
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Originally published on The New Yorker on 2/17/2026