Immigration Policy

Protesters Against Sessions CA Immigration Suit

Here’s How California Is Resisting Jeff Sessions on Immigration Policy Here’s How California Is Resisting Jeff Sessions on Immigration Policy

It’s fighting back with street protests—led by the state’s top politicians—and high-powered lawyers in the courts.

Mar 8, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky

(Bryan Cox / ICE via AP)

The Trump Administration Is Using Fake Terrorism Statistics to Scare You About Immigrants The Trump Administration Is Using Fake Terrorism Statistics to Scare You About Immigrants

Inflated numbers tell a false story of a nation under attack.

Mar 5, 2018 / Arnold Isaacs

Supreme Court

SCOTUS Leaves DACA in Place—for Now SCOTUS Leaves DACA in Place—for Now

In a setback for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court declined to take a case that would determine the fate of Dreamers. 

Feb 26, 2018 / Julianne Hing

Había una vez una niña cuya madre estaba a punto de ser deportada

Había una vez una niña cuya madre estaba a punto de ser deportada Había una vez una niña cuya madre estaba a punto de ser deportada

En cambio, se fue a vivir a una iglesia con su madre y dos hermanos.

Feb 14, 2018 / Photo Essay / Dulce Carvajal

Once Upon a Time There Was a Girl Whose Mother Was About to Be Deported

Once Upon a Time There Was a Girl Whose Mother Was About to Be Deported Once Upon a Time There Was a Girl Whose Mother Was About to Be Deported

Instead, she went to live in a church with her mother and two siblings.

Feb 14, 2018 / Photo Essay / Dulce Carvajal

This HIV-Positive Gay Asylum Seeker Was Granted a Stay of Deportation. Why Did He End Up Back in Mexico?

This HIV-Positive Gay Asylum Seeker Was Granted a Stay of Deportation. Why Did He End Up Back in Mexico? This HIV-Positive Gay Asylum Seeker Was Granted a Stay of Deportation. Why Did He End Up Back in Mexico?

One man’s asylum case reveals a disorganized, backlogged court willing to contradict its own decisions to “score another deportation victory.”

Feb 13, 2018 / John Washington

A participant holds a sign saying

Don’t Let Congress Gut the Americans with Disabilities Act Don’t Let Congress Gut the Americans with Disabilities Act

You can also get your friends to call Congress to oppose Trump’s infrastructure plan and support undocumented youth walking from New York City to DC.

Feb 13, 2018 / no-paywall / NationAction

(Bryan Cox / ICE via AP)

For Immigrants in Trump’s America, the Dystopian Future Has Already Arrived For Immigrants in Trump’s America, the Dystopian Future Has Already Arrived

Documented and undocumented, young and old, immigrants are being swept up throughout the country.

Feb 13, 2018 / Moustafa Bayoumi

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Shoved Aside Again, DACA Activists Keep Fighting Shoved Aside Again, DACA Activists Keep Fighting

To undocumented youth activists, public gestures by Democrats ring hollow.

Feb 9, 2018 / Julianne Hing

Undocumented youth

The Way We Talk About Immigration Is Profane The Way We Talk About Immigration Is Profane

Trump’s “shithole” remarks only scratch the surface.

Feb 7, 2018 / Column / Kai Wright

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