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March 17, 2023
Biden Has Now Embraced Republican Restrictionism on Immigration
The administration is enshrining several Trump-era border policies—even though Biden promised to undo the damage that Trump had done to the immigration system.
Gaby Del Valle
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March 10, 2023
The Horrifying and Shameful Return of Child Labor
Bipartisan buck-passing and a ramshackle immigration system have revived Victorian degradation.
Jeet Heer
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March 10, 2023
Deported to a Country You Can’t Remember
The Biden administration sent Phoeun You, a former child refugee, to Cambodia after more than four decades in the US. Governor Gavin Newsom has the power to bring him back.
Jessie Lau
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March 6, 2023
Reports of Trump’s Demise Are Premature, and His Threat of “Retribution” Is Serious
At CPAC, the former president outlines his plan to regain the GOP nomination—and the White House.
Jeet Heer
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February 21, 2023
Asylum Seekers’ Arduous Journey Doesn’t End Once They Are in the United States
With a backlog of cases clogging up the immigration courts, some asylum-seekers wait up to 10 years for theirs to be heard—and remain without status until they are approved or denied.
Rabia Gursoy
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February 16, 2023
How DACA Helped This Student Achieve His Dreams
Born in Uganda to Pakistani parents, Fahad Paryani came to the US at the age of 3. Because of DACA, he’s now a full-time medical researcher at Columbia University.
Jordan Coll
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February 14, 2023
We Can’t Reduce the Ukraine War to a Morality Play
Along with causing immense suffering, Putin’s war has unleashed a tidal wave of hyperbole.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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February 6, 2023
Huu Can Tran’s American Dream
The Monterey Park shooter lost his wife and his home. But one totem of assimilation remained within easy reach.
Mari Uyehara
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February 3, 2023
The GOP’s Phony Class War
Racist resentment plus plutocratic economics don’t equal a “working-class party.”
Jeet Heer
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February 2, 2023
For Mixed-Status Students, Immigration Reform Is the Only Hope
More than 22 million people in the US are in mixed-status households, where at least one undocumented person lives with citizens or lawful temporary immigrants.
Yamila Martinez