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…
The US Special Envoy for Haiti Just Resigned Over the “Inhumane” Treatment of Haitian Migrants
A child and adult cross last week through through the Rio Grande River from Ciudad Acuña, Mexico toward Del Rio, Texas.Marie D. De Jesús/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In July, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced that Ambassador Daniel Foote, a…
Biden Decides Haitian Migrants at US-Mexico Border Will Promptly Be Sent Home
Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The Biden administration announced Saturday that it would begin the mass expulsion of thousands of Haitians who have gathered in Texas border cities. The desperate migrants began amassing at the US-Mexico border in recent weeks…
A Migrant Camp in Texas Has Republicans Warning of a New Great Replacement
Sergio Flores/Washington Post/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.A temporary camp of more than 9,000 migrants sheltering under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas has become the latest symbol of the burgeoning humanitarian crisis at the border. During a summer in which…
Odds of Escape Waning for At-Risk Afghans, Despite Assurances
People wait to be evacuated at Hamid Karzai airport, August 18, 2021.Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/US Marine Corps/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.With just two days to go before the August 31 deadline for US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the evacuation effort from…
I Taught English to Afghan Soldiers. Now I’m Part of the “Digital Dunkirk” Trying to Get Them Out.
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As the US began its chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan last week, I couldn’t stop thinking about the many Afghans who have aided American forces and are now stuck in the country, potentially with targets on their backs.…