Why Are Some Latinos Drifting to the Right?
Joel Martinez/The Monitor/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On January 6, Gabriel Garcia—a first-generation Cuban American and former member of the Proud Boys—livestreamed his attempt to breach the Capitol. “How does it feel being a traitor to the country?” he screamed at police officers as…
In Eagle Pass, Fewer Migrant Crossings Leave Law Enforcement Idle
Members of the Texas National Guard on duty in Eagle Pass. Liu Jie/Xinhua/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Joshua Rubin, a Brooklyn software developer and founder of the pro-immigrant grassroots group Witness at the Border, spent his 72nd birthday in Eagle Pass, Texas. He…
Greg Abbott Accuses Biden of Using Migrants as “Political Pawns”
Eric Gay/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.It seems like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott could use a dictionary. Why? Because on Sunday, the Republican went on Fox News and accused President Joe Biden of “using illegal immigrants as political pawns.” And given his own record,…
This Is a “Solvable” Crisis: Denver’s Mayor on How the City Is Handling Migrant Arrivals
Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On his first day in office in the summer of 2023, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston declared a state of emergency to combat homelessness. He activated the city’s emergency operations center, aiming to place 1,000 people…
The Migrant Families Separated Under Trump Are Still in Legal Limbo
Mother Jones; Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In the spring of 2018, attorney Christie Turner-Herbas returned from parental leave to her job at Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), a nonprofit serving unaccompanied migrant children, to find that her “universe was on fire.”…
The GOP Border Bill Would Deport Families of Child Migrants
Mother Jones illustration; Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As the battle over the border rages in Congress, many Republicans are pushing to advance a bill that would revive one of the Trump era’s harshest policies: deporting family members in the US who step…