Immigration

A crowded detention center with migrants looking in from behind a fence.

Exclusive: ICE Detainees Are Being Quarantined Exclusive: ICE Detainees Are Being Quarantined

A leaked document about the Department of Homeland Security’s Covid-19 response suggests that the crisis has made its way to border detention facilities.

Mar 24, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein

What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again.

What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again. What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again.

This administration has never missed an opportunity to blame immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees for our woes.

Mar 20, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky

‘That First Night in America, I Couldn’t Sleep’

‘That First Night in America, I Couldn’t Sleep’ ‘That First Night in America, I Couldn’t Sleep’

After growing up in China, a young woman tries to find her place in Oakland.

Mar 16, 2020 / Migrant Voices / John Washington

Hear From Immigrants and Refugees in Their Own Words

Hear From Immigrants and Refugees in Their Own Words Hear From Immigrants and Refugees in Their Own Words

Migrant Voices, a series from The Nation.

Mar 16, 2020 / Editorial / John Washington

An Internal Pandemic Document Shows the Coronavirus Gives Trump Extraordinary Powers

An Internal Pandemic Document Shows the Coronavirus Gives Trump Extraordinary Powers An Internal Pandemic Document Shows the Coronavirus Gives Trump Extraordinary Powers

A leaked Customs and Border Protection directive allows the agency to actively surveil and detain individuals suspected of carrying the illness—indefinitely.

Mar 12, 2020 / no-paywall / Ken Klippenstein

Inside Trump’s Divisive Mission to Identify and Deter Potential Extremists

Inside Trump’s Divisive Mission to Identify and Deter Potential Extremists Inside Trump’s Divisive Mission to Identify and Deter Potential Extremists

Marginalized minorities targeted by the DHS’s counter-extremism program say it lacked transparency and deepened their mistrust of government.

Mar 2, 2020 / Feature / Julia Harte

Sonia Sotomayor Just Issued a Serious Warning About the Supreme Court

Sonia Sotomayor Just Issued a Serious Warning About the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor Just Issued a Serious Warning About the Supreme Court

But the media got distracted by Trump’s tweets and missed her message.

Feb 28, 2020 / Elie Mystal

A young boy awaiting medical treatment in a holding facility.

How Medical Negligence at the US Border Killed an Immigrant Father How Medical Negligence at the US Border Killed an Immigrant Father

Nebane Abienwi fled a civil conflict in Cameroon. Once in the US, it was shoddy medical care that killed him.

Feb 25, 2020 / Joe Penney

Coronavirus puppet in a carnival.

The Coronavirus Could Be the Black Swan of 2020 The Coronavirus Could Be the Black Swan of 2020

The wheels could come off the global economy—and if they do, Trump will double down on racism, xenophobia, and the politics of fear.

Feb 25, 2020 / no-paywall / Sasha Abramsky

Demonstrators at a rally

The America We Want to Be The America We Want to Be

We shouldn’t let Trump’s war on immigrants deplete our capacity for compassion.

Feb 17, 2020 / Between the Lines / Laila Lalami

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