Trump Weaponized COVID Concerns Against Migrants. Families Are Still Being Brutalized by the Policy.
Migrants expelled from the United States under Title 42 wait in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.Herika Martinez/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The US government has summarily expelled migrants and asylum seekers at the Southern border almost 1 million times since March 2020. At…
“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…
Her DACA Application Was Pending. Then a Federal Judge in Texas Ruled Against the Program.
Karla Mercado Dorado (left) applied for DACA for the first time in December.Courtesy of Karla Mercado Dorado Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Karla Mercado Dorado left Bolivia when she was two years old, which means the United States is the only home…
“When There’s a Disaster, That’s When People Want to Know About Haiti”
The author with her parents and brother in 1989Nathalie Baptiste Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.One week ago, like everyone else in the world, I awoke to the news that Jovenel Moise, the president of Haiti, had been assassinated in his home.…
How Merrick Garland Acts Like Donald Trump’s Lawyer
Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on June 9, 2021.Susan Walsh/CNP via ZUMA Wire 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.Under President Joe Biden, the Justice Department is defending many of the polices…
Juneteenth at the Border: Families Reunite With Hugs and Benedictions. Then Their Three Minutes Are Up.
Andrea Guzman 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.After a four-hour drive from Albuquerque, the Silvas stood at the foot of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, waiting for permission to walk onto a narrow wooden…