In a purely practical way, the present deportation debate is simply the essence of demagoguery.
Trump and Cruz Want to Deport 11 Million Immigrants. That’s Literally Impossible.
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Border Security
Continuing the Crackdown on Kids
The “Biden Plan” for Central America treats refugee children as a national security threat.
America’s Border Fascism
Border Patrol practices have created extensive “constitution-free zones” where civil liberties are routinely infringed.
Who Is Dayani Cristal? A Tale of Death in the Desert
A new film offers a look at the human beings lost in the debate over “border security.”
The Long Road to Immigration Reform
Change won’t come to America’s broken immigration system from policymakers. It will come from organizers.
No Immigration Reform at All
The Border Security Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, created by a bipartisan group of eight U.S. senators, recently passed the U.S. Senate and will soon be deliberated in the House of Representatives, where anti-immigrant legislators are likely to give...
What Immigration Reform Means for Women
The U.S. immigration system—and efforts to reform it—can impact women differently from men. While much of the U.S. immigration debate has centered on controversies over citizenship and “border security,” less attention has been paid to the enormous impact of immigration policies on women, who make up 51 percent of undocumented immigrants and face unique challenges as they try to make a living in a new country.
Presidential Meeting Puts US-Mexico Relations Back on Track – In the Wrong Direction
The presidential meeting this week between Mexico’s Felipe Calderon and Barack Obama looked from the outside like a hastily arranged exercise in damage control. But while most analysts emphasized the tensions between the neighboring nations going into the meeting, the real crisis behind the visit was the failure of what the two leaders most strongly agree on: the war on drugs south of the border.