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Getting a Birth Certificate For a US Citizen Should Be Easy. If You’re an Immigrant Mother, It’s Not.

Getting a Birth Certificate For a US Citizen Should Be Easy. If You’re an Immigrant Mother, It’s Not. Getting a Birth Certificate For a US Citizen Should Be Easy. If You’re an Immigrant Mother, It’s Not.

Who knew verifying citizenship could be so difficult?

Oct 21, 2016 / Video / The Nation

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Letters From the November 7, 2016, Issue Letters From the November 7, 2016, Issue

Two hearts beat as one… Fever dreams… Sticking with Stein… And the prize goes to…

Oct 20, 2016 / Letters / Our Readers

This Mother Has Breast Cancer and Knows She Needs Treatment. Why Can’t She Get It?

This Mother Has Breast Cancer and Knows She Needs Treatment. Why Can’t She Get It? This Mother Has Breast Cancer and Knows She Needs Treatment. Why Can’t She Get It?

Actress America Ferrara speaks with an undocumented immigrant who is trapped without health care in Texas.

Oct 14, 2016 / Video / The Nation

The United States of Anxiety, Episode 4: The Media That Created Trump

The United States of Anxiety, Episode 4: The Media That Created Trump The United States of Anxiety, Episode 4: The Media That Created Trump

A look inside the right-wing media echo chamber that has fed Trump’s rise.

Oct 13, 2016 / Audio / Kai Wright

What if the US Really Did Deport 11 Million People?

What if the US Really Did Deport 11 Million People? What if the US Really Did Deport 11 Million People?

A case study of New York’s Hudson Valley, where immigrants—with and without documents—have brought once-dead towns back to life.

Sep 29, 2016 / Feature / DW Gibson

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The Obama Administration Continues Pulling Away From Private Prison Companies The Obama Administration Continues Pulling Away From Private Prison Companies

Homeland Security launches a review of private detention centers, weeks after DOJ began closing its own facilities.

Sep 2, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

Trump in Arizona

Trump, in a Major Immigration Speech, Is Back in Fearmongering Form Trump, in a Major Immigration Speech, Is Back in Fearmongering Form

In Mexico, Trump is solemn and praising; in Arizona, he’s back to hysterical horror shows.

Sep 1, 2016 / Julianne Hing

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Mexicans Scorn Trump’s Visit—And Peña Nieto for Having Invited Him Mexicans Scorn Trump’s Visit—And Peña Nieto for Having Invited Him

“You confront tyrants. You don’t appease them.”

Aug 31, 2016 / Greg Grandin

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When Anti-Immigrant Politics Came Back to Haunt the Republican Party When Anti-Immigrant Politics Came Back to Haunt the Republican Party

The life cycle of California’s Republican Party suggests that the long-term effect of peddling xenophobia is disastrous.

Aug 25, 2016 / Jim Shultz

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There’s a Bigger Problem at the Border Than Trump’s Proposed Wall There’s a Bigger Problem at the Border Than Trump’s Proposed Wall

We live in fear of Trump’s plan for the Mexican border—not realizing that much of it already exists.

Aug 23, 2016 / Todd Miller

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