Some Republicans want to salvage DACA, but it will be an uphill battle, and probably a losing one.
Immigration
Posted inCivil Rights in America
DACA Phase-Out Yet Another Gimme to Trump’s Racist Base
In a series of recent events, Trump reveals racism as the organizing principle of his administration.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Making an America Worthy of the Dreamers’ Dreams
Who the DACA recipients really are, and what we can—and must—do to keep them here
Posted inCivil Rights in America
DACA Poet: ‘I Don’t Want to Leave Home’
One of thousands facing an uncertain future as the Trump administration vows to scrap DACA, poet and social worker Alex Alpharaoh reveals his struggle onstage.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Conditions Worsen for ICE Detainees Following Hunger Strike
Guards at the Adelanto Detention Center responded to asylum seekers’ hunger strike with violence and pepper spray.
Posted inWorking in America
Braceros Strike After One Worker Dies
Risking deportation, Washington state farmworkers protest dangerous conditions in the fields.
Posted inWorking in America
Silk Roadblock
Yo-Yo Ma’s celebrated project for global understanding through music runs into Donald Trump’s sour note.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can a Revamped Farmworker Visa System Prevent Abuses?
Foreign nationals who work on American farms remain vulnerable to exploitation by employers who rely on a temporary agricultural visa employment program.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Can Trump Succeed Where Reagan Failed?
Determined to stamp out sanctuary cities, Trump and congressional Republicans plod on, but the anti-apartheid battles of the 1980s demonstrate that such movements are easily cowed by presidents.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Trump’s Travel Ban Is Back
After months of confusion, refugee resettlement agencies brace themselves for the limited travel ban.
