Human beings fleeing persecution are not a “flood” or “surge.” And it’s not “illegal” when they cross the border to seek asylum.
We Must Stop Family Separation — And We Can Do It Now
The Biden administration has tools it can use right now to put kids and families first in immigration policy.
Undocumented Workers Need a Bailout, Too
Beyond performing essential labor, we are humans — and, in a pandemic, that should be enough to deserve help.
Cruel Immigration Policies Make the Pandemic Worse
Warehousing people in unsanitary conditions and then deporting them to poor countries is a recipe for contagion.
International Solidarity in a Time of Crisis
While political leaders scapegoat, overreach, and underperform, progressive organizers are developing an internationalist response to the coronavirus pandemic.
When Politicians Turn Immigration into a ‘Crisis,’ Entire Societies Suffer
A look at Sicily, where political restrictions on immigration are taking their toll on local residents as well as immigrants.
The “Are You Serious?” Awards: Looking Back on 2019
A Pentagon plan for “semiautonomous” nuclear devices in Iraq, U.S. state media calling George Soros a “nonbelieving Jew,” and other headlines you may have missed last year.
What ‘Abolish ICE’ Really Means
It’s about asking whether we need an immigration system that terrorizes the least dangerous people in this country.
Trump’s Send-Them-Back Doctrine
Trump’s war on immigrants recalls the absurdity of Stalin’s purges — and a few of his supporters, at least, are starting to notice.
American Concentration Camps, Then and Now
When human beings are framed as a national security threat, barbed wire is the next logical step. But unlike during the Japanese internment, today there’s high-level political resistance.