The lack of critical coverage of Biden’s new announcement suggests that corporate media will no longer be as concerned about “kids in cages” now their preferred candidate is in the White House. (By: Alan Macleod, ...
Documents obtained through Freedom of Information requests show a consistent pattern of abuse at the privately-run ICE facility in Farmville, where detainees suffered abuse, neglect, and threats of retaliation if they complained. (By: Alan Macleod, ...
A new Netflix docuseries, “Immigration Nation,” explores the operations behind the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the Trump administration. Directed by Shaul Schwarz and Christina Clusiau, the six-part series was filmed entirely during ...
“It is unconscionable for the Trump administration to circumvent the rulings of a federal court in order to once again thrust into uncertainty the families and communities who rely on DACA to stay together and ...
What we are now witnessing is an assault designed to suffocate the hopes and life prospects of human beings desperately seeking safety and a better life. (Common Dreams) It’s hard to know exactly where the ...
“The proposed policy throws the lives of hundreds of thousands of students, and the operations of hundreds of colleges and universities, into uncertainty just weeks before the start of the fall term, to the detriment ...
It looks like the president’s goal is to make America white. When President Donald Trump first began talking about ending “chain migration” in 2017, media outlets pointed out that his own parents-in-law had likely obtained lawful ...
President Donald Trump announced an upcoming immigration ban on Monday night, citing the COVID-19 outbreak and saying that the action will be temporary. Protecting Jobs “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as ...
America’s farmworkers deserve better. Farmworkers, farmers and their organizations around the country have been singing the same tune for years on the urgent need for immigration reform. That harmony turns to discord as soon as ...
“The effects of today’s Supreme Court decision on the ‘public charge’ rule will be devastating. Because of the ‘public charge’ rule, families are already going hungry and people are avoiding needed medical care.” A redefinition ...
“The Court finds that the conditions of detention in CBP holding cells, especially those that preclude sleep over several nights, are presumptively punitive and violate the Constitution.” An Arizona-based US judge ruled against Customs and ...
“It was very lengthy screening with no ability to leave. So whether you want to call that detention or something else is up to you. But the core fact of the matter remains. This seemed ...
The countries included in Trump’s extended travel ban include Nigeria, Eritrea, Burma, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania and Sudan. The White House announced on Saturday that six new countries would be added to the list of those whose ...
The ruling will give the United States government increased power to reject green card applications even if there is only a suspicion that the applicants may need financial assistance in some form. The United States ...
Critics so far have given Apple TV’s new immigrant-focused series ‘Little Amerca’ rave reviews for its portrayal of the immigrant experience. Amidst the heated immigration debate in the U.S., a new series entitled “Little America” ...
“I want to build the wall, I supported direct appropriations for it and fought for it — but we have to evaluate what this does to the military, what it affects, where and how.” President ...
Immigration advocates are concerned new asylum procedures at the U.S.-Mexico border are denying migrants their legal right to seek asylum in the U.S. A plan to send Mexican nationals seeking asylum in the U.S. to ...
“We have proof that the Trump War on Migrant Children was carefully constructed to inflict harm on children and create a humanitarian crisis.” The Trump administration secretly knew its immigration policies would overflow migrant child ...
Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the Supreme Court in Washington while lawyers presented arguments for and against ending the federal DACA program on Tuesday. The Supreme Court heard over an hour and a half of ...
Europe does not have a refugee or migration crisis. The real crisis is in Africa, where the thief—often a European firm—continues to undermine the continent’s ability to breathe. If you ask an African migrant in ...
“As I was paying my respects to our forever Chairman, his staff told me that in his final hours he signed subpoenas to USCIS and ICE” – Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Rep. Elijah Cummings. Rep. ...
The federal government admitted an additional 1,250 kids have been separated at the U.S. border, though the ACLU suggests that number may be as high as 2,000. On Friday, a Health and Human Services official ...
In U.S. vs. Sineneng-Smith, the Supreme Court will decide whether a federal law prohibiting speech encouraging illegal immigration for financial gain violates the First Amendment. The Supreme Court’s upcoming decision could put far-reaching restrictions on ...
There is evidence that Mexicans migrating to the U.S. today are significantly different than their counterparts making the move more than a decade ago. (Rogelio Sáenz, The Conversation) Once upon a time, not long ago, ...
“Every single separated kid has been terrified. We’re [seen as] the enemy.” Migrant children seperated from their parents during the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy last year suffered intense trauma, as detention facilities proved inadequately ...
Coming off a recent Supreme Court victory over the use of military funds for southern border wall construction, the Defense Department announced plans to divert military funds into border wall projects. The Pentagon announced Wednesday ...
Drawing on harsh experiences in their home countries, Central Americans immigrants in the U.S. have played key roles in organizing labor movements. (Elizabeth Oglesby, The Conversation) In the United States’ heated national debate about immigration, ...
The Trump administration is pulling $271 million in funding from the Department of Homeland Security, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Disaster Relief Fund, to pay for immigration detention space and temporary hearing locations for ...
The Trump administration has requested to amend a settlement that would allow them to indefinitely detain migrant children, but activist organizations have vowed to fight it. (By Kevin Johnson, The Conversation) The Trump administration is ...
“Publication and dissemination of a white supremacist, anti-semitic website throughout the EOIR is antithetical to the goals and ideals of the Department of Justice.” The Department of Justice (DOJ) sent an email to all immigration ...
The creators of the new NBC comedy series Sunnyside say, “We are just trying to tell real stories about people.” With fall just around the corner, the new TV series “Sunnyside” looks to tackle immigrant ...
The primary reason Christian groups are now focusing on immigration, I’d argue, is simply that the notion of welcoming strangers and caring for the vulnerable are embedded in the Christian tradition. (By Laura E. Alexander, ...
“I would want them legally to be able to come to America or to be able to live in America, just without being forced into these places away from their parents.” In late June of ...
680 workers from seven food processing units were detained by ICE last Wednesday in Mississippi. (Peoples Dispatch) At least 377 people remain in detention in Mississippi, U.S. on Wednesday, August 7, after the Immigration and ...
Under U.S. refugee laws, a political asylee has the right to stay in the United States if they would be tortured, killed or both back home. (By Mario Garcia, The Conversation) The ongoing threat of ...
Trump scores a ‘Big VICTORY’ as a Supreme Court decision on border wall funding is split down party lines in his favor. The Supreme Court granted President Trump a significant victory on Friday, ruling that ...
“I came here seeking protection and because I had no other choice. And I was accused of being in a gang, when I was fleeing the gangs, all based on evidence I’ve never seen.” Immigration ...
“The policies we have at the border and this militarization, building fences, they didn’t start with Trump. This is a lot of the policies have continued from the Obama administration much earlier… Bush and Clinton.” ...
A group of academics surveyed Syrian refugees to understand their mental state and feelings about possibly immigrating to the West. (By Arie Kruglanski David Webber, Erica Molinario, and Katarzyna Jaśko, The Conversation) While today’s news is full ...
Two Texas House committees have been meeting for hours to discuss the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Local officials say federal agencies are stretched thin. Some Texas lawmakers say their concern is conditions for migrants ...
Trump inherited an immigration system that already left millions of undocumented people with few rights and had militarized the southern border. (By Anthony W. Fontes, The Conversation) From the Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban to ...
Recent examples abound of the U.S. government detaining citizens after falsely accusing them of breaking immigration laws. (By Cassandra Burke Robertson and Irina D. Manta, The Conversation) We are law professors who have studied civil ...
President Donald Trump is continuing the battle to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census despite a Supreme Court ruling blocking the question. The Department of Justice is seeking a new rational to implement ...
“People have to speak up and they have to take action,” Castro said of his decision to release footage of women detained in an El Paso border facility. “This was about shining a light on ...
“Since when did the Problem Solvers Caucus become the Child Abuse Caucus?” Progressives slammed House Speaker Pelosi on Thursday for abandoning child protection requirements on border funding and caving to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s ...
More older Americans are opting to die at home, often with the emotional support of a home care worker. (By Cati Coe, The Conversation) President Trump wants the U.S. immigration system to shift away from ...
“We cannot continue to throw money at a dysfunctional system.” Both chambers of Congress passed legislation to provide billions in aid for the growing border crisis, but House Democrats are concerned the Senate-passed version does ...
“Companies that make money from the Trump administration’s inhumane immigration policy and a criminal justice system that disproportionately imprisons people of color are going to pay taxes like any other corporation.” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) ...
“How could you not do it, living in a place where people are dying by the dozens around you every year. How could you not respond?” The controversial and high-profile case of a humanitarian aid ...