American Missionaries and Their Families Have Been Kidnapped in Haiti
People walk amid smoke that came from burning tires during a protest organized by friends and relatives of Biana Velizaire, 27, who was kidnapped for five days by gang members in Port-au-Prince last month.Rodrigo Abd/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A gang…
“Even if You Win, You Stay Locked Up”: How ICE Uses Appeals to Keep Immigrants in Detention
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Sara Mendez-Morales had lost almost all hope. It was a cold stretch in early February, and she had spent nearly six months in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Butler County Jail, a…
Biden Is Continuing a Long Tradition of Mistreating Haitian Migrants
Fernando Llano/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The images went viral over the weekend. Department of Homeland Security agents astride on horses and using whips to herd migrants from Haiti, as if they were unruly cattle who’d escaped from a farm. Jen…
“Not Necessary”: The Biden Administration Just Canceled More Border Wall Contracts
Border wall construction ongoing on farmland in Texas last year.Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Friday, the Biden administration canceled two border wall contracts along 31 miles of the Rio Grande in South Texas—continuing the process it began this spring…
Biden Administration Shutters Trump Pet Project Linking Immigrants and Crime
Protesters gather to demand the defunding of government agencies for border protection and customs enforcement, Tuesday, June 25, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington.Patrick Semansky/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.During his first week in office,…
A New Report Just Blew Up One of the Trump Administration’s Favorite Lines About Family Separation
A child separated from her parents as part of the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy was later reunited with them in Guatemala.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.The Trump administration denied parents the opportunity to…