The (Almost) Unbelievable Tortures of Steven Tendo
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.This story was published in partnership with the Delacorte Review. Steven Tendo kept everything he owned under his bunk bed mattress. His pillow was a lump of letters, transcripts, and postcards—all…
The Biden Administration Is Telling Asylum Seekers They Still Have to Wait
Asylum seeking families stuck south of the border amid the pandemic. Ross D. Franklin/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said the Biden administration will continue to expel asylum…
El Sistema de Asilo Ha Muerto. El Mito de la Decencia Estadounidense Murió con Él.
Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Nota de la redacción: Este artículo aparece en inglés y español porque lo queríamos compartir con la mayor audiencia posible, incluso con las comunidades más directamente afectadas. Nos encantaría recibir sus…
Instead of a Crisis, Can Biden Treat an Immigration Wave as an Opportunity?
Migrants walk up a riverbank at the Mexico-US border near Tijuana as they try to reach the United States. Ramon Espinosa/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In recent weeks, devastating hurricanes in Central America, a northbound…
Why a Second Trump Term Would Be Even Worse for Immigrants
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.When the Migration Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, published its review of all the immigration changes made by the Trump administration, it needed 126 pages to do the job. What unites the hundreds of executive orders, rules, and memos…
Asylum Is Dead. The Myth of American Decency Died With it.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.You need a story. That’s what they say, anyway. You need sympathetic characters, a villain, some violence, maybe a dramatic escape. That’s what it takes to gain asylum in the United States. You need lots of other things,…
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