The Biden Administration Is Still Looking For Migrant Families Separated Under Trump
FILE – A pair of migrant families from Brazil wait to be processed by US Border Patrol agents after passing through a gap in the border wall from Mexico in Yuma, Ariz., Thursday, June 10, 2021, to seek asylum.Eugene Garcia/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news…
The Biggest Backlog in the US Diversity Visa Program? All the Broken Promises to Those Who Applied.
Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story is the result of a partnership between The Investigative Reporting Workshop and The Center for Public Integrity. Osama Mohamed let out a sigh of relief as he and his wife stood at the steps of the US…
Can Two Mussels Bring Down Texas’ Deadly Anti-Migrant Buoys?
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In June, Texas authorities installed the first segment of an anti-migrant floating barrier in the Rio Grande, the 1,900-mile waterway separating the state’s southwest from northern Mexico. The structure, which consists of metal saw blades…
What the United States Can Learn From Brazil About Asylum
Katherine Jensen, author.Mother Jones illustration; The University of Chicago Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A couple of months ago, four Nigerian stowaways traveled 3,500 miles above the rudder of a cargo ship all the way from Lagos to the southeastern coast of Brazil—without…
What the New York City Migrant Crisis Is and Isn’t
Recently arrived migrants gather outside of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It doesn’t take more than a couple of strolls around the block on East 45th Street in Midtown Manhattan for the faces of New…
Migrants’ DNA Is Fueling a Massive Expansion of the FBI’s Genetic Database
Teresa Canino Rivera/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Ever since the Trump administration scaled up DNA collection from migrants in federal custody, immigration officials have been pouring massive quantities of genetic data into the FBI’s national law enforcement database. New submissions to CODIS—short for…