More Immigrants Are Waiting in Legal Limbo Than Ever Before. Why Is It So Hard to Fix the Backlog in the Courts?
Mother Jones illustration; Unsplash Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.For years, under multiple presidents of both parties, the immigration court system has been something of a mess, struggling with a huge backlog of cases that has just seemed to snowball and snowball,…
The Biden Administration Just Revealed the Layers of Hypocrisy in Its Border Policy
Migrants sit against a fence while waiting to board a Border Patrol bus after crossing the Rio Grande in November 2021. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Biden administration argued in court Wednesday in defense of Title 42, a…
Texas Is Just Going to Build Its Own Border Wall Now
Pool/Zuma Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Friday, Texas Republican Gov. Gregg Abbott announced that the state had begun construction on its own fence along the US–Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley. “Texas is stepping up to do the federal government’s…
The Biden Administration Thinks Europe Holds the Key to Humane Borders. It’s Not That Simple.
New multi-purpose reception and identification migrant center on the island of Samos, Greece.Michael Svarnias/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Thousands of migrants freezing in sub-zero temperatures in the forest along the Belarus-Poland border. A “shadow immigration system” that throws asylum seekers into…
Trump’s Harsh Remain in Mexico Policy Will Officially Restart Next Week
Asylum-seeking migrants at a worship service in a Tijuana migrant shelter. Over 300 migrants are waiting there for the opportunity to apply for asylum in the US.Mario Tama/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Biden administration has reached a deal with…
Biden Is Supposedly Reinstating a Harsh Trump Border Policy Any Day Now. But Key Stakeholders Are Still in the Dark.
As seen from above, a migrants camp where asylum seekers wait for US authorities to allow them to start their migration process, outside Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on March 17, 2021.Guillermo Arias / AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother…