Warehousing people in unsanitary conditions and then deporting them to poor countries is a recipe for contagion.

Warehousing people in unsanitary conditions and then deporting them to poor countries is a recipe for contagion.
There’s nothing “uncontrollable” about people applying for asylum. All the U.S. has to do is meet its obligations under international law.
Civil society groups are struggling to fill gaps in services for “returnees” in El Salvador, who face social stigma, employment discrimination, and often trauma.
In more than two-thirds of the mining-related lawsuits against governments in the region, communities have been actively organizing against the mining activities.
Do we think people who armed death squads and started wars really want to “bring democracy” to Venezuela?
U.S. policies helped create the refugee crisis in Central America. Better ones can help resolve it.
People across the United States and around the world have been rightly outraged by U.S. federal agencies’ detention of migrants and separation of their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. Shortly after, the Supreme Court's ruled to uphold the Trump administration’s...
This article is a joint publication between Foreign Policy In Focus and In These Times. The concept of sanctuary, providing refuge and protection to people who are marginalized and oppressed, has a long history in the United States—even when the United States itself...
Jorge García is no "bad hombre." Before being deported to Mexico in mid-January, he was a hard-working, tax-paying landscaper in Michigan. He’s also a husband and father — although now an absent one. Many deportees — most, like García, good people — return to...
I’ll be honest: I didn’t watch Trump’s State of the Union address when it aired. Instead, I put my baby to bed and watched reality TV with my wife. If that rattled a few brain cells, hopefully I saved a few more by not guzzling the bourbon I’d set aside to steel...