Immigration Policy

Happy New Year. You’re Deported.

Happy New Year. You’re Deported. Happy New Year. You’re Deported.

The Obama administration targets the renewed flow of Central American refugees with new raids—and Donald Trump takes the credit.

Dec 30, 2015 / Julianne Hing

Refugees arrive by boat in Athens, December 18, 2015.

What Can You Actually Do for Syrian Refugees? What Can You Actually Do for Syrian Refugees?

Trump wants to ban refugees fleeing ISIS and civil war. Here’s how to welcome them instead.

Dec 22, 2015 / Daniel Moattar

A woman points a handgun with a laser sight on a wall display of other guns during the National Rifle Association convention in St. Louis.

The One Thing Almost All Terrorist Acts Have in Common The One Thing Almost All Terrorist Acts Have in Common

Instead of giving into bigotry and fear, Americans should direct their outrage at the gun industry and the politicians in its pocket.

Dec 17, 2015 / Editorial / The Editors

Immigrant Children

The Number of Child Migrants Arriving on the US’s Doorstep Has Doubled Since Last Year The Number of Child Migrants Arriving on the US’s Doorstep Has Doubled Since Last Year

The renewed arrivals revive a heated political debate about just how much the US ought to accommodate children and families who are escaping deadly conditions in Central America.

Dec 14, 2015 / Julianne Hing

Former ICE detainees and hunger strikers rally outside Hillary Clinton's campaign headquarters in Brooklyn, New York.

For These Refugees, Trump’s Threats Are Already a Reality For These Refugees, Trump’s Threats Are Already a Reality

For one group of Bangladeshi asylum seekers, the threat of “banning Muslims” is far from hypothetical.

Dec 11, 2015 / Michelle Chen

The Truth About American Muslims

The Truth About American Muslims The Truth About American Muslims

People like Donald Trump are engaging in the kind of reckless demagoguery that only encourages discrimination and violence against our Muslim neighbors.

Dec 8, 2015 / Joshua Holland

Donald Trump’s Bottomless Bottom

Donald Trump’s Bottomless Bottom Donald Trump’s Bottomless Bottom

The GOP front-runner is tapping into a brutal xenophobia that’s at once un-American and uniquely American.

Dec 8, 2015 / Joan Walsh

Interned Japanese American Sammy Kimura (Telly Leung) and camp nurse Hannah Campbell (Katie Rose Clarke) perform in Allegiance.

Pacific Overtures on Broadway Pacific Overtures on Broadway

At its best, the Japanese-internment musical Allegiance seethes with righteous anger beneath its perkiness and platitudes.

Dec 7, 2015 / Alisa Solomon

Hunger-Striking Asylum Seekers Bring Their Case to Clinton’s Front Door

Hunger-Striking Asylum Seekers Bring Their Case to Clinton’s Front Door Hunger-Striking Asylum Seekers Bring Their Case to Clinton’s Front Door

Detention-reform advocates draw responses from Democratic candidates to a growing protest that began on Thanksgiving.

Dec 4, 2015 / Julianne Hing

Border Characters

Border Characters Border Characters

The Mexican novelist Yuri Herrera talks about the first English translation of one of his novels, the Mexica afterlife, and Dante.

Dec 2, 2015 / Aaron Bady

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