Trump Signed His Latest Immigration Order. It’s Not As Bad As We Thought Monday Night, But That’s Far From a Relief.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.At his press conference Wednesday night, President Trump said he had just signed the executive order he tweeted about on Monday, temporarily restricting some immigrant visas—a move he framed as a needed economic response to the coronavirus pandemic that’s destroying the US…
In Yet Another Move to Limit Immigration, Trump Will Suspend New Green Cards
President Donald Trump speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Tuesday, April 21, 2020,Alex Brandon/ AP Photo For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Last night, President Trump tweeted that he planned to sign an executive order to “temporarily suspend immigration” into the United States in…
At Least 20 People Have COVID-19 at One ICE Jail. Those Inside Say Many More Are Sick.
Immigration detainees sit in a yard at the Winn Correctional Center, a for-profit prison in Louisiana run by LaSalle Corrections, in September.Gerald Herbert/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Friday evening, a Guatemalan man told me he spent three nights last week in solitary confinement at an ICE detention…
A Second ICE Detainee in Louisiana Has Tested Positive for COVID-19
Howard Antonio Benavides Jr., 18, a Venezuelan national detained at the Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Lousiana, in September.Gerald Herbert/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Another person being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement has tested positive for COVID-19, according to the sheriff of the Louisiana parish…
Civil Rights Groups Sue ICE to Force Release of Detainees Vulnerable to COVID-19
A person being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement makes a phone while being held in a “segregation cell” at a for-profit detention center run by GEO Group.John Moore/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Civil rights groups are suing the Trump administration to force it to release…
“Our Patients Are Very, Very Afraid”: A Major LA Clinic Is Struggling to Treat Undocumented Patients
A woman wears a mask as she crosses an empty street near the Los Angeles Convention Center on Monday.ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In recent weeks, Los Angeles has surpassed the San Francisco Bay Area as California’s coronavirus hub. The city is…