Damage Wrought by Trump’s Border Wall “Will Not Ever Be Remediated or Mitigated”
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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…
The Government Wants to Scan Your Face When You Enter the US. It Hasn’t Gone Well So Far.
Officials at Dulles International Airport in Virginia unveil new biometric facial recognition scanners in September 2018.Bill O’Leary/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 2018, the federal government started scanning people’s faces as they drove into and…
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…
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,…
A Wildlife Refuge Under Siege at the Border
Border wall construction infrastructure is seen cutting through the landscape of southern Arizona. Bill Radke called the water withdrawals for the border wall “the current greatest threat to endangered species in the southwest region.”Russ McSpadden/Center for Biological Diversity For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally…