Texas’ Standoff With the Border Patrol Is a Constitutional Powder Keg
Texas Army National Guard soldiers attached razor wire to a temporary fence closing off access to the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass.Suzanne Ringle/Texas National Guard via ZUMA Press Wire Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.“The Federal Government has broad constitutional powers in determining what…
Can Trump’s Radical Vision for Mass Deportations Be Realized?
Mother Jones illustration; Shannon Stapleton/EFE/ZUMA; Hal Gatewood/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.At a December rally in Reno, Nevada, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump made his regular promise: To treat immigration as if the United States is at war. He accused President Joe Biden of launching…
Abbott: Texas Would Shoot Migrants, But Biden “Would Charge Us With Murder”
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott lamented the inevitable murder charge that shooting migrants crossing the border would bring in a recent appearance on a former NRA spokesperson’s radio show.Adam Davis/EFE via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has told a right-wing…
“Unconscionable”: The Potential Changes to Border Enforcement Tied to Ukraine Aid Could Bring Back Trump-Era Policies
President Joe Biden talks with U.S. Border Patrol agents as they walk along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso Texas.Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This week, lawmakers are trying to reach a last-minute agreement on tough immigration and border security proposals tied…
Mexico Has Become a Haven for Americans Seeking an Abortion
Mother Jones illustration; YangYin/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One last-minute round-trip flight from Biloxi, Mississippi, to Cancún, Mexico, runs about $171 USD; three nights at a three-star hotel there can cost as little as $129. A three-day car rental in the resort town…
Trump’s Immigration Plan Is a New Level of Extreme. It Also Gives Biden an Opportunity to Do Better.
President Donald Trump tours a section of the border wall.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Before Donald Trump became president and presided over some of the most draconian anti-immigrant policies in recent memory, he laid out his vision for the United States. In…