A Haitian Asylum-Seeker Did Everything Right. ICE Sent Him to a Windowless Jail Cell.
Melody Hart speaks to Ansly Damus via webcam at the Geauga County Safety Center.Courtesy of Gary Benjamin and Melody Hart Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Somewhere in an Ohio jail, Ansly Damus was listening to Melody Hart and Gary Benjamin. It was late October, and they were telling Damus that…
A Library Straddling the Border is Giving Immigrant Families a Safe Place to Reunite
An Iranian family at the Haskell library on the US-Canada border. Courtesy of Yeganeh Torbati/Reuters For many immigrants affected by the Trump administration’s travel ban, the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a library straddling the US-Canada border, has become an unlikely haven. Families can meet there without risking being detained or prevented from returning…
“The United States Astonishes and Scares Me”: Members of the Migrant Caravan Share Their Stories
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A group of migrants met in mid-October in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, and formed a caravan. The men, women, and children committed to help each other travel toward the United States, with dreams of a better future. Strength in numbers was the idea behind this and other…
Families Are Still Being Separated at the Border, Months After “Zero Tolerance” Was Reversed
A wave of Central American migrants gather in an effort to get to the border crossing to apply for asylum in the United States. Hayne Palmour Iv/San Diego Union-Tribune Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by ProPublica. The Trump administration has quietly resumed separating immigrant families…
A Damning New Memo Reveals How the Trump Administration Is Failing Migrant Children
The Tornillo facility in Texas.US Department of Health and Human Services/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A “tent city” for migrant children in Texas has been operating for months with staff who never completed the required FBI background checks, according to a federal watchdog memo released Tuesday afternoon. The…
US Agents Just Fired Tear Gas on Migrants Near the San Diego-Tijuana Border
Three Honduran migrants huddle in the riverbank amid tear gas fired by US agents on the Mexico-US border.Ramon Espinosa/Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The San Ysidro Port of Entry between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, California, was temporarily closed on Sunday following protests from migrants who reportedly pushed…