Border security

Refugee child in Hungary

Open Borders Must Be Part of Any Response to the Climate Crisis Open Borders Must Be Part of Any Response to the Climate Crisis

The alternative is the death of millions and a world fractured by nationalism.

Jun 6, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

Airport line

The Haves and Have-Nots of Big Data The Haves and Have-Nots of Big Data

A “global firewall” is redrawing lines between countries—and people.

Jun 5, 2019 / Matthew Longo

Take Action Now: Look Beyond Trump’s Wall

Take Action Now: Look Beyond Trump’s Wall Take Action Now: Look Beyond Trump’s Wall

Help end brutal ICE deportations and send supplies to migrants crossing the border.

May 28, 2019 / no-paywall / NationAction

Refugee holding a sign

What Would an Open-Borders World Actually Look Like? What Would an Open-Borders World Actually Look Like?

Borders have turned the American Southwest, the Mediterranean, and countless other areas of our world into unnecessary graveyards for migrants. It’s time for a new way.

Apr 24, 2019 / John Washington

Border Wall

‘Borderland Citizenship’ Could Bring Justice to Both Sides of Trump’s Wall ‘Borderland Citizenship’ Could Bring Justice to Both Sides of Trump’s Wall

Border dwellers in the US and Mexico are subject to two authorities. It’s only fair to give them the cross-border rights and permissions to match.

Apr 18, 2019 / Matthew Longo

La Lomita Chapel v. border wall

Activists Are Invoking Religious Freedom to Save Migrants’ Lives Activists Are Invoking Religious Freedom to Save Migrants’ Lives

In court, members of the progressive No More Deaths group are trying to reclaim a law that has become synonymous with a conservative Christian moral agenda.

Apr 15, 2019 / Stephanie Russell-Kraft

(Bryan Cox / ICE via AP)

She Helped Convict Her Rapist. ICE Deported Her Anyway. She Helped Convict Her Rapist. ICE Deported Her Anyway.

Nancy applied for a visa designed for undocumented victims of crimes, but that couldn’t keep her in the US.

Apr 1, 2019 / Isabela Dias

What I Saw at the Dilley, Texas, Immigrant Detention Center

What I Saw at the Dilley, Texas, Immigrant Detention Center What I Saw at the Dilley, Texas, Immigrant Detention Center

The stories I heard from the women and children trapped in Trump’s willfully cruel immigration system will stay with me forever.

Mar 26, 2019 / Feature / Martin Garbus

Mexico Border

Guarding the Southern Border Has Become an Exercise in Cruelty Guarding the Southern Border Has Become an Exercise in Cruelty

Twelve ways in which Trump’s wall will only add to our border crisis.

Mar 25, 2019 / William deBuys

Mexico Border

Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Is Illegal Under International Law Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Is Illegal Under International Law

And a new lawsuit is holding the government accountable.

Mar 7, 2019 / Michelle Chen

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