Diseases don’t respect borders, nor do they care about passports, citizenship, or residency.
Immigration
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Will Immigrants Find Themselves in the Driver’s Seat?
Trump’s ICE crackdown is increasing support for access to driver’s licenses.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
How the Spending Bill Can Hurt Immigrant Detainees
Increasing ICE’s funding threatens more immigrant families, though the legislation also requires the agency to report more regularly to Congress.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
21 Savage and the 50,000 ICE Detainees
The Atlanta-based rapper’s untimely run-in with immigration enforcement agents offers a window into the world of the tens of thousands of immigrants currently locked in ICE jails.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Border Wall or No, Immigrants Will Soon Have to Scale a Paywall
Proposed new Trump administration rules could keep low-income immigrants from applying for green cards or citizenship.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
‘I Have an Absolute Right to Cry Wolf,’ Claims the President
And it’s not clear anyone can stop him from doing it again and again.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump Said Nothing New or True Last Night, but He Said It in Less Time Than It Usually Takes
A legally dubious declaration of national emergency may be his only way out of his self-created conundrum.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
ICE Now Locks Up Everyone
The agency no longer recommends release for detainees with no criminal records, and refuses to release information about its shift to mandatory detention for all.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can the House Stop Trump’s Gross Immigration Abuse?
An overdue reform agenda awaits investigations and hearings.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump’s Wall Keeps Getting Smaller
Yet his base has no choice but to accept that he’s keeping his promise.
