Bio
Ashoka Mukpo is a Staff Reporter at the ACLU.
Featured work
Nov 23, 2020
Bloody Masks and Fevers on Shift: Immigrant Workers Face Abuse in Nebraska Meatpacking Plant
![Alma and Antonio, two former workers for Noah's Ark Processing, near Hastings, NE. Calla Kessler for the ACLU.](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2020/11/NA1a-400x400.jpg)
Oct 12, 2020
An Indigenous Woman Made it to Safety in the U.S. DHS Won't Let it Go.
![Barbed wire fence at a refugee camp for migrants and asylum seekers in Matamoros, Mexico, October 2019. Guillermo Arias for the ACLU.](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2020/10/MPP-Massachusetts-Full-Bleed-400x400.jpg)
Sep 3, 2020
For Black Immigrants, Police and ICE Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
![A close up of a police officer wears a "Police" label beside a U.S. ICE (standing for Immigration and Customs Enforcement) badge on his vest.](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2020/09/Black-Immigrants-Police-and-ICE-Header-Image-400x400.jpg)
Aug 24, 2020
What's it Like to be in Immigration Lockup During a Pandemic?
![Collage of seven immigrants who share their experiences of being detained during the COVID-19 crisis.](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2020/08/Immigrant-Portraits-Header-400x400.jpg)
Apr 21, 2020
Defying Medical Experts, Lawmakers are Weaponizing COVID-19 to Restrict Abortion Access
![A procedure room at a women's health clinic in Texas.](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2020/04/Abortion-COVID-FullBleed-Header-400x400.jpg)
Apr 8, 2020
“They Don’t Care if You Die”: Immigrants in ICE Detention Fear the Spread of COVID-19
![Two children wear masks and hold signs that read "I want my dad free and healthy" and "I want my dad alive not dead!!" as part of a protest calling for the release of detained immigrants in front of the GEO Detention Center in Aurora, Colorado.](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2020/04/ICE-Detention-and-COVID-Full-Bleed-Header-Image-400x400.jpg)
Mar 26, 2020
Asylum Seekers Stranded in Mexico Face a New Danger: COVID-19
![Two boys running around and playing outside of tents in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.](https://assets-dev.aclu.org/dev/uploads/2020/03/Staying-in-Mex-0062-fullbleed-banner-400x400.jpg)