The Obscure Public Health Law Trump Wielded Against Migrants Is Still Ruining Lives
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. Migrants were found lost in the desert, tucked under rocks in the mountains, and trapped by the rushing tides of the Rio Grande. Some were experiencing heat exhaustion in 115-degree…
A Trump-Era Rule Is Still Turning Away Migrants at the Border. El Paso Activists are Marching to Demand Biden End It.
Andrea Guzman/Mother Jones 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 Friday in El Paso, Texas, activists carrying plush toys and signs saying “free them” walked from the Paso Del Norte Bridge to Fort Bliss, a military base…
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…