What So Many People Are Getting Wrong About the “Border Crisis”
Asylum seekers, including Karli, 4 months, from Honduras are taken into custody on March 25, 2021, in Hidalgo, 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.For the last few weeks there has been a lot…
Rep. Joaquin Castro Explains the Frustration—and Optimism—in Today’s Visit to a Migrant Detention Facility
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) speaks alongside members of the Hispanic Caucus after touring inside of the Border Patrol station in Clint, Texas, in July 2019.Cedar Attanasio/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 Friday morning, about 50…
“I Feel Very Sad Because We Are Exposed to Many Dangers”: Seeing a Mexican Migrant Camp Through a Child’s Eyes
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.For nearly two years, migrants heading for the United States camped just a few meters from the border in Matamoros, Mexico, waiting to enter. Immigrant advocates described the situation as a…
Biden Defends His Reversal of Trump Policies Amid Spike in Migration
President Joe Biden speaks Thursday during a news conference in the East Room of the White House.Evan Vucci/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.Amid an increase in migration to the southern border, President Joe Biden refused…
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…
More Than 100,000 Kids Could Show Up Alone at Our Border This Year. What’s Going On?
Central American migrants near Rio Grande City, Texas on December 8, 2015.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 his first testimony before a House committee since being confirmed in early February, Department of Homeland Secretary…