How the Courts Have Stymied Trump How the Courts Have Stymied Trump
Along with citizen activism, they have proven to be an important safeguard of constitutional liberty—but the Supreme Court has yet to weigh in.
Jan 30, 2018 / David Cole
Las paredes de esta iglesia son lo único que separa a Amanda Morales de la deportación Las paredes de esta iglesia son lo único que separa a Amanda Morales de la deportación
Episodio 1: La historia de una madre indocumentada y su lucha por mantener a su familia unida.
Jan 30, 2018 / Photo Essay / Laura Gottesdiener, Malav Kanuga, and Cinthya Santos Briones
The Walls of this Church Are the Only Thing Standing Between Amanda Morales and Deportation The Walls of this Church Are the Only Thing Standing Between Amanda Morales and Deportation
Episode 1: The story of one undocumented mother’s struggle to keep her family together.
Jan 30, 2018 / Photo Essay / Laura Gottesdiener, Malav Kanuga, and Cinthya Santos Briones
Ravi Ragbir Was Freed by the Movement He Helped Build Ravi Ragbir Was Freed by the Movement He Helped Build
While it was a judge who ordered Ragbir released, it was immigration-rights activists who brought him home.
Jan 29, 2018 / Jake Offenhartz
In the Legal System, Talking White Is a Precursor to Justice—and That’s Wrong In the Legal System, Talking White Is a Precursor to Justice—and That’s Wrong
If the legal system keeps treating AAE as a lesser form of English, it can never claim to view black people with the same legitimacy as white people.
Jan 29, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld
Trump’s Xenophobic Vision of America Is Inciting Racist Violence Trump’s Xenophobic Vision of America Is Inciting Racist Violence
Attacks against Muslim, South Asian, Sikh, Hindu, Arab, and Middle Eastern communities in the US were up a staggering 45 percent in 2017.
Jan 27, 2018 / Suman Raghunathan
Democrats Don’t Grasp the Dreamers’ Sense of Emergency Democrats Don’t Grasp the Dreamers’ Sense of Emergency
Immigrant communities are demanding that Dems mount a fight that’s commensurate with what they rightly see as an existential threat.
Jan 26, 2018 / Joshua Holland
The 4 Most Shocking Proposals in the White House Immigration Plan The 4 Most Shocking Proposals in the White House Immigration Plan
Trump’s proposed DACA deal attacks bedrock principles of the immigration system.
Jan 26, 2018 / Julianne Hing
The New Trump Immigration Plan Is Anti-American The New Trump Immigration Plan Is Anti-American
Hardliners like John Kelly and Stephen Miller are setting the agenda—and their goal is an end to America as a nation of immigrants.
Jan 26, 2018 / Joan Walsh
The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Obsession With Crimes Committed by Immigrants The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Obsession With Crimes Committed by Immigrants
The report put out this month by the Justice Department and Homeland Security paints a misleading picture of immigrants and crime.
Jan 26, 2018 / Michelle Chen