It’s the fastest-growing incarceration system in the United States: 3 million immigrants have been held in detention facilities across the country during the past decade. Each red dot on the map below ...

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CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The On the Move tent at the Folklife Festival displays Social Explorer’s maps of U.S. immigration patterns. Photo by Elisa Hough Editor’s note: ...

Illegal immigration costs taxpayers in all 50 states a total of $89 billion, and California, where an illegal on Thursday was cleared of murdering Kate Steinle despite admitting to the shooting, pays ...

The arrests happen at car washes, traffic stops and court hearings. Under President Donald Trump, federal immigration officials have dramatically expanded their efforts to identify, detain and deport ...

Last month, I wrote about the fun and the pitfalls of viral maps, a feature that included 88 super-simple maps of my own creation. As a follow-up, I’ve written up a bunch of short items on some of ...

Go on a journey via the entries in this year s National Geographic Travel Photographer contest. More art: A video by Nerdwriter on how to understand a Picasso. Animated map shows where U.S. immigrants ...

The US Census Bureau recently released new estimates of population change in all 3,142 US counties and county equivalents between July 1, 2014 and July 1, 2015. In addition to looking at overall ...