“The Stick Is Much Bigger Than the Carrot” in Biden’s New Border Plan
President Joe Biden speaks about border security. Patrick Semansky/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced new and stricter border enforcement measures that include the expansion of a Trump-era policy to summarily expel migrants and further restrict asylum seekers’ ability…
Republican States Just Succeeded in Keeping a Key Trump Border Policy in Place
US military stop migrants from crossing into El Paso, Texas.Christian Chavez/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In another setback for immigrant rights groups, a Trump-era border policy that summarily expels migrants and asylum seekers has been given an afterlife. On Monday, Chief Justice John…
The Bipartisan Immigration Deal Is Dead on Arrival
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., left, and Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., leave the Senate chamber.J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In what was likely her last official press conference on Thursday, outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put the final nail in the coffin…
DC Mayor Responds to Months-Long Migrant Busing By Declaring a Public Emergency
Migrants get off bus from Texas within view of the US Capitol.Stefani Reynolds/AFP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Thursday, Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency in response to the buses of migrants arriving from Texas and Arizona to the Nation’s…
The Chinese Exclusion Act May Be in the Past, But Racism Still Drives Most Immigration Policies
German federal police officers guide a group of migrants between Austria and Germany.Kerstin Joensson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 1882, the Chinese Exclusion Act, which prohibited the immigration of workers from China for 10 years, became law in the United States. It was the…
From Texas to Arizona, the GOP Border “Invasion” Argument Keeps Getting Crazier
National Guardsmen stands watch over a fence near the International bridge in Del Rio, Texas.Eric Gay/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.During a press conference on July 5, several county officials from Texas gathered to pray, read the Pledge of Allegiance,…