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March 30, 2022
Grace Segers
Biden May Finally End a Brutal, Trump-Era Immigration Policy
The end of Title 42 would be a boon to asylum-seekers and their advocates. It may also fuel a political firestorm.
February 11, 2022
Grace Segers
Washington Is Failing the Afghan People on All Fronts
The country is facing a humanitarian crisis, and countless allies remain trapped there, but Congress and the White House continue to dither.
December 6, 2021
María Inés Taracena
Haitian Asylum-Seekers Are Being Mistreated in ICE Detention
As the media moves on from the horrors of Del Rio, Haitian asylum-seekers allege brutal conditions in an ICE facility in New Mexico.
October 12, 2021
Miriam Pensack
For Haitians, the Border Crisis Doesn’t Stop With Del Rio
Along the U.S.-Mexico border, humanitarian groups grapple with policies that keep asylum-seekers out.
October 7, 2021
Tanvi Misra
The Ugly Bipartisan Obsession with the “Right” Number of Immigrants
The U.S. has a long and racist history of worrying over how many people is too many to let in.
September 22, 2021
Esther Wang
Biden Is to Blame for the Border Misery
The administration continues to use the pandemic as a pretext for deportations, including those of thousands of Haitian asylum-seekers.
May 12, 2021
Felipe De La Hoz
Joe Biden, Tear Down Stephen Miller’s Administrative Wall
Rather than shred Trump’s immigration restrictions, Biden is responding with his own regulations that may only make things worse.
February 13, 2021
María Inés Taracena
The Ambiguous End of “Remain in Mexico”
Asylum-seekers have more questions than answers after the Biden administration rolled back a policy that trapped thousands of people in border camps.
October 20, 2020
Hilary Beaumont
The Anguish of Watching the Election From the Purgatory of a Border Camp
Asylum-seekers stranded in Matamoros, Mexico, have a plea for voters in November: Elect Joe Biden and “get us out of this hell.”
September 17, 2019
Adam Weinstein
Edward Snowden’s Novel Makeover
How a fiction writer transformed the NSA whistleblower into a tragic hero
June 13, 2019
Madeleine Wattenbarger
Asylum Seekers Struggle to Navigate Trump’s Broken Border Policy
In Tijuana, thousands face danger, disease, and uncertainty under the administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols.
July 11, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Here's What We Can Do About the Border Crisis Right Now
There are no easy solutions, but there are some clear first steps
July 10, 2014
Danny Vinik
Honduras's Murder Rate Is Six Times Worse Than Chicago's. How Can We Send Children Back to That?
August 29, 2013
Molly Redden
A Sex Trafficking Victory That Shows Just How Broken the System Is
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