Immigration Policy

Journalists Protest in Veracruz

Mexico’s ‘Drug War’ Is Really a War Against Journalists—Waged by the Government Mexico’s ‘Drug War’ Is Really a War Against Journalists—Waged by the Government

Washington-backed military and economic initiatives have fueled a perfect machine of perpetual war.

May 10, 2017 / Greg Grandin

Anti-Trump “No Ban, No Wall” Demonstration

Not Just Cities: We Can Become a Sanctuary Nation Not Just Cities: We Can Become a Sanctuary Nation

Now is the time to defend America’s undocumented, to stand for justice in the face of intolerance. 

May 9, 2017 / Video / Robert Greenwald and Angel Padilla

WA Attorney General Bob Ferguson

Meet Bob Ferguson, the Washington State Attorney General Who Shut Down Trump’s Muslim Ban Meet Bob Ferguson, the Washington State Attorney General Who Shut Down Trump’s Muslim Ban

Now a toast of the progressive community, Ferguson views the law as a profoundly moral enterprise.

May 2, 2017 / Sasha Abramsky

May Day 2006

Monday’s May Day Marches Could Be the Biggest in Years Monday’s May Day Marches Could Be the Biggest in Years

Ten years after immigrants took to the streets in unprecedented numbers, organizers expect another major showing.

Apr 28, 2017 / Julianne Hing

Mexican family

No One Talks About Life After Deportation; These Mexican Activists Are Changing That No One Talks About Life After Deportation; These Mexican Activists Are Changing That

A network of migrant activists is helping deportees and returnees readjust to life in the country.

Apr 28, 2017 / Laura Weiss

NYC No DAPL Protest

From Austin to Missoula, This Is What the Fight Against Trumpism Looks Like From Austin to Missoula, This Is What the Fight Against Trumpism Looks Like

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance, April edition.

Apr 28, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias

Immigration rights demonstrators rally in downtown Los Angeles, Monday, April 10, 2006.

How to Join the ‘Day Without Immigrants’ on May Day How to Join the ‘Day Without Immigrants’ on May Day

A coalition led by immigrants and workers is aiming to mark this year’s May Day with the biggest workers strike and mobilization in over a decade.

Apr 28, 2017 / no-paywall / Ariana Rosas Cárdenas

Rutgers University protest

Professors and University Staff Call For Campuses to Shut Down on May Day Professors and University Staff Call For Campuses to Shut Down on May Day

Students, staff, faculty, and administrators are asking the university community to take action in solidarity with A Day Without Immigrants. 

Apr 27, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction

Deported: A Father of Three Torn From His Family

Deported: A Father of Three Torn From His Family Deported: A Father of Three Torn From His Family

Within hours of being pulled over for a broken headlamp, José Alvarez was deported to Mexico.

Apr 26, 2017 / Video / Leighton Akio Woodhouse

Trump and Obama meet

Clinton and Obama Laid the Groundwork for Donald Trump’s War on Immigrants Clinton and Obama Laid the Groundwork for Donald Trump’s War on Immigrants

Trump’s rhetoric is shocking, but his immigration policy is nothing new.

Apr 25, 2017 / Aviva Chomsky

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