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Truckers

A semi-trailer truck travels along a rural highway under an open sky

The Weigh Station in Middletown: How a Routine Cargo Stop Pulled a Kenyan Trucker Into America's Detention Machine

James Wambui passed inspections in Texas and made deliveries in New York. A routine weigh-station check in Virginia cost him three weeks in detention and roughly $50,000.

about 2 months ago5 min

Two semi-trucks driving along an open American highway under a wide sky

Politics

Three Weeks in Farmville: A Kenyan Trucker's Detention and the New Geography of Fear on America's Highways

James Wambui passed every inspection until a weigh station in Virginia handed him to ICE. His three-week ordeal is a warning rippling through Kenya's immigrant truckers.

about 2 months ago4 min