Biden Is Gutting Asylum. The Right Still Called It “Mass Amnesty” for “Illegals.”
Stephen Miller, a former aide in the Trump White House, speaks during a news conference.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Earlier this week, the Biden administration officially announced a long-anticipated border crackdown. The executive action—which relies on the same presidential…
Biden Announces New Border Crackdown
President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a visit to the southern border. Valerie Gonzalez/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. On Tuesday, the Biden administration issued a new sweeping executive order further limiting access to asylum at the US-Mexico border. The long-anticipated move, which…
What the United States Can Learn From Brazil About Asylum
Katherine Jensen, author.Mother Jones illustration; The University of Chicago Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A couple of months ago, four Nigerian stowaways traveled 3,500 miles above the rudder of a cargo ship all the way from Lagos to the southeastern coast of Brazil—without…
More Than 600 People Died After a Migrant Ship Capsized. A Report Reveals the Fatal Response.
An undated handout image provided by Greece’s coast guard in June shows people on the Adriana before it capsized, killing more than 600.Hellenic Coast Guard/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Today, the New York Times released a damning investigation under the headline: “Everyone Knew the…
Greg Abbott Bused Thousands of Migrants from Texas to DC. What Happened Once They Arrived?
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Early Saturday morning, the room on the fourth floor of the Washington, DC, church is full. It’s not yet 7 a.m. and already about sixty migrants, mostly men and a handful of families with children, some women breastfeeding, sit…
Non-Mexican Migrants Awaiting US Hearing Must Stay in Mexico—for Now
Asylum seekers in limbo at the US-Mexico border.Michael Nigro/Sipa USA/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The Supreme Court ruled last week, in the final case of its term, that the Biden administration may rescind the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). Known…