A Lawyer Met With 11 Separated Parents in One Day. What She Heard Is Terrifying.
Immigration attorney Ruby L. Powers standing at the entrance to the Port Isabel detention center where hundreds of separated parents are being held.Mark Helenowski/Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Ruby L. Powers’ most recent journey to the Port Isabel detention center in Los Fresnos, Texas, began with an early-morning flight…
Trump: If Democrats Abolish ICE, You’ll “Be Afraid to Walk Out of Your House”
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump on Sunday lashed out at Democrats and activists who have called for abolishing or replacing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. ICE agents “are the guys that go in and take MS-13, and they take them out,” said Trump, referring…
Check Out These Amazing Signs From Today’s Massive Rallies to Protest Family Separation
Protestors gather in Lafayette Park, across from the White House, for the Families Belong Together rally.Michael Candelori via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across the country Saturday to protest the draconian immigration detention policies employed by the Trump administration that separated…
Trump Defends ICE as Thousands Across the Country Protest Family Separation
Ting Shen/Xinhua via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As protesters across the country today demand that children be reunited with their families on the southwest US border, President Donald Trump defended the work of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The Democrats are making a strong push to abolish ICE, one…
Watch Lin-Manuel Miranda Sing a Lullaby For Kids Detained on the US Border
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In front of thousands at the Families Belong Together rally in Washington, D.C., Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the hit musical “Hamilton,” sang a lullaby for parents who have been separated from their children at the border. “We’re here because there’s parents right now who can’t sing lullabies to…
There’s Still So Much of the Border Crisis to Cover. We’re There. Here Are Our Video Dispatches.
A the border crossing between Bownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico, migrants are forced to rely on donations of food and water from volunteers.Noah Lanard/ Mother Jones Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The White House may have officially ended its policies of dividing families at the border last week, but roughly…