The Brutal Cycle of US Immigration Policy The Brutal Cycle of US Immigration Policy
In Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here, Jonathan Blitzer examines how North and Central American migration moves in two directions.
Apr 16, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Gaby Del Valle
On Immigration, Biden Made His Own Bed On Immigration, Biden Made His Own Bed
The president is still trying to appease his conservative critics on immigration, putting his reelection at risk.
Jan 22, 2024 / Comment / Gaby Del Valle
The Number of Migrants Is Not the Problem—Our Asylum System Is The Number of Migrants Is Not the Problem—Our Asylum System Is
America’s asylum processes keep migrants in perpetual limbo, unable to work and support themselves, after they’ve come to the United States.
Nov 2, 2023 / Highlights / Gaby Del Valle
The “Chaos” at the Border Is by Design The “Chaos” at the Border Is by Design
As a presidential candidate in 2020, Biden criticized Trump for “drastically” restricting access to asylum. Now he’s doing the very same thing.
May 25, 2023 / Editorial / Gaby Del Valle for The Nation
Biden Has Now Embraced Republican Restrictionism on Immigration Biden Has Now Embraced Republican Restrictionism on Immigration
The administration is enshrining several Trump-era border policies—even though Biden promised to undo the damage that Trump had done to the immigration system.
Mar 17, 2023 / Editorial / Gaby Del Valle
ICE Is Subjecting a Record Number of Asylum Seekers to Electronic Monitoring ICE Is Subjecting a Record Number of Asylum Seekers to Electronic Monitoring
While Biden has reduced the overall number of migrants in ICE detention, his administration has also presided under a significant expansion of electronic monitoring.
Oct 18, 2022 / Gaby Del Valle
The Migrants Sent North Don’t Have a Happy Ending Yet The Migrants Sent North Don’t Have a Happy Ending Yet
The fact that asylum-seekers are being welcomed in the cities they’ve been sent to is good news, but they’ve still got immigration cases to win.
Sep 23, 2022 / Highlights / Gaby Del Valle
DHS Surveillance Increasingly Targets US Citizens DHS Surveillance Increasingly Targets US Citizens
The Department of Homeland Security and its component agencies are highly capable of keeping tabs on all of us—and they often do.
Sep 8, 2022 / Gaby Del Valle
New York City Welcomes Migrants—and Criminalizes Them New York City Welcomes Migrants—and Criminalizes Them
By busing migrants to New York City, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has revealed the inherent contradictions of sanctuary cities, but not in the way he thinks.
Sep 6, 2022 / Editorial / Gaby Del Valle
Recent Migrant Deaths Highlight the Danger of Deterrence Recent Migrant Deaths Highlight the Danger of Deterrence
Deterrence is a failed strategy for reducing migration—while driving up the number of migrants who die trying to come to the United States.
Aug 17, 2022 / Gaby Del Valle