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,…
At a Protest in Arizona, Border Communities Are Fighting Trump’s Wall
Over 300 environmentalists, Indigenous activists, Samaritan groups and human rights defenders gather to protest new U.S.-Mexico border wall construction.Russ McSpadden/Center for Biological Diversity This piece originally appeared in High Country News and appears here as part of our Climate Desk Partnership. On a Saturday morning in early November, Edwina Vogan and a few of her friends…
Julián Castro Just Saw Donald Trump’s Border Crisis Firsthand: “His Agenda Is Killing People”
Democratic Presidential hopeful Julián Castro escorts a group of migrants to the Brownsville Port of Entry Monday morning. He asked port officials to allow the migrants to petition for asylum in the United States. Courtesy of Julián Castro Democratic presidential hopeful Julián Castro visited a makeshift camp on Monday in the Mexican city of Matamoros,…
Trump Is Forcing Asylum Seekers to Brave Mexican Border Cities at Night to Make Their Court Dates
Mario Tama/Getty A few weeks ago, Sister Salome Limas started fielding some unusual requests at the women’s shelter she runs in Tijuana: The Central American asylum seekers staying at Instituto Madre Asunta began asking if she could let them out in the middle of the night so they could go to court in the United States.…
Trump Just Strong-Armed Guatemala Into a “Safe Third Country” Agreement. Now What?
President Donald Trump watches over acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan and Guatemalan Interior Minister Enrique Degenhart on Friday as they sign an agreement that would force many asylum seekers to apply for protection in Guatemala, not the United States. Stefani Reynolds/AP The United States and Guatemala have reached a deal that has the potential…