DHS Secretary Says What We’ve All Been Thinking: The Immigration System Is “Completely Broken”
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Speaking with candor on Meet the Press on Sunday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas acknowledged that “we are working in a completely broken system.” No kidding. After a week in which Border…
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 New Report Just Blew Up One of the Trump Administration’s Favorite Lines About Family Separation
A child separated from her parents as part of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy was later reunited with them in Guatemala.John Moore/Getty 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.The Trump administration denied parents the opportunity to…
“I Longed for That Hug”: A Mother Reunites With Her Sons Four Years After Being Separated at the Border
Australian Broadcasting Corporation 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.The last time Keldy Mabel Gonzáles Brebe de Zúniga hugged her sons Erik and Mino, they were 13 and 15 years old and seemed “so little” to her.…
When Will the US End Magdalena Hernández’s Family Separation Nightmare?
In the summer of 2019, Magdalena Hernández Pérez and I were outside her home on the edge of Cubulco, a small city four hours north of Guatemala City. As her grandkids played on the patio, Hernández, looking burdened beyond her 39 years, sat on a teal chair that matched the wall behind her. “Why didn’t…
Activists Decry a Different Border Surge in Texas: Cops and Troops
A family of Central American asylum seekers arrives to a bus station after being dropped off by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Brownsville, Texas.John Moore/Getty 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 early February, Texas Gov. Greg…