Central American Refugee Crisis

US-Mexico Border

A Call to Put an End to Inhumane Conditions at the Border A Call to Put an End to Inhumane Conditions at the Border

An open letter by Ariel Dorfman, Salman Rushdie, Gabriel Byrne, Neil Gaiman, Khaled Hosseini, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Wayétu Moore, Reza Aslan, and more.

Jul 25, 2019 / The Nation

Trump Is Targeting the Most Vulnerable Among Us

Trump Is Targeting the Most Vulnerable Among Us Trump Is Targeting the Most Vulnerable Among Us

Trump’s immigration policies have traumatized thousands of migrant children and have killed at least seven.

Jul 25, 2019 / Karen J. Greenberg

The Migrant Crisis, Through the Eyes of Human Traffickers

The Migrant Crisis, Through the Eyes of Human Traffickers The Migrant Crisis, Through the Eyes of Human Traffickers

Emiliano Monge’s novel Among the Lost leads a reader through the hellish migrant trail from the perspective of its most amoral agents.

Jul 17, 2019 / Books & the Arts / John Washington

The US Is Making a Mockery of Its Asylum Obligations

The US Is Making a Mockery of Its Asylum Obligations The US Is Making a Mockery of Its Asylum Obligations

Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy sends asylum seekers into dangerous border towns where they struggle to keep safe.

Jul 3, 2019 / John Washington

Honduras

Hondurans Are Still Fighting the US-Supported Dictatorship Hondurans Are Still Fighting the US-Supported Dictatorship

Ten years after the coup, they have become the largest single Central American nationality in the refugee caravans fleeing north.

Jul 1, 2019 / James North

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

Honduran migrant at the border

The Hidden Climate-Change Story Behind Trump’s ‘National Emergency’ The Hidden Climate-Change Story Behind Trump’s ‘National Emergency’

Walls and borders are this country's most consistent climate-change ‘adaptation.’

Feb 15, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

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Will Migrants Stay in Mexico? Will Migrants Stay in Mexico?

Thanks to controversial new policies on both sides of the border, Mexico has become more than just a pitstop for asylum seekers heading north.

Feb 7, 2019 / Feature / Annette Lin

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