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…
Biden Will Extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti, Offering Relief for Some 150,000 People
Children hold signs in support of renewing Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Central America and Haiti, in Miami in November 2017.AP Photo/Lynne Sladky 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.Haitian immigrants currently living in the United…
Documents Show Trump Officials Used Secret Terrorism Unit to Question Lawyers at the Border
A Customs and Border Protection Agent talks to a US activist.Herika Martinez/AFP/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.This story was published originally by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to…
“I Longed for That Hug”: A Mother Reunites With Her Sons Four Years After Being Separated at the Border
Australian Broadcasting Corporation 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 last time Keldy Mabel Gonzáles Brebe de Zúniga hugged her sons Erik and Mino, they were 13 and 15 years old and seemed “so little” to her.…
Arizona Republicans Make Climate Fears Their Latest Anti-Immigrant Tactic
The Specter Of ‘Ecofascism’ It is also a sign that a more nefarious ideological view could be making its way into mainstream politics: the idea that the response to ecological collapse and rising seas should be to limit who gets a seat in a finite number of civilizational lifeboats. That view has already gained traction…
The Pushback Worked. Biden Will Raise the Refugee Cap to What He Originally Promised.
HAMDAYET, SUDAN – DECEMBER 7: Refugees from the Tigray region of Ethiopia board buses to a Um Rakuba refugee camp after spending days to weeks at a UNHCR reception center located in the east Sudanese border village of Hamdayet.Byron Smith/Getty Images Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother…