Immigration Policy

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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

Your Nationalism Can’t Contain Me

Your Nationalism Can’t Contain Me Your Nationalism Can’t Contain Me

I’ve held three passports and claimed many identities, all at once. I am the future of citizenship.

Aug 25, 2016 / Feature / Aminatta Forna

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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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This Is Why I Come to Work Every Day This Is Why I Come to Work Every Day

Even in the age of Trump, facts still can and do matter. Our work is to ferret them out and wield them as tools for reform.

Aug 19, 2016 / Editorial / Kai Wright

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The Justice Department Will End All Federal Private Prisons, Following a ‘Nation’ Investigation The Justice Department Will End All Federal Private Prisons, Following a ‘Nation’ Investigation

Our yearlong probe uncovered dozens of questionable deaths and years of dire warnings from internal monitors.

Aug 18, 2016 / no-paywall / Seth Freed Wessler

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Trump’s Speech on Terrorism Was an Inexcusable Exercise in Scapegoating and Scaremongering Trump’s Speech on Terrorism Was an Inexcusable Exercise in Scapegoating and Scaremongering

From ISIS to the Iraq War to immigration—what wasn’t wrong about Trump’s speech.

Aug 18, 2016 / James Carden

Why Is the Obama Administration Keeping Toddlers Behind Bars?

Why Is the Obama Administration Keeping Toddlers Behind Bars? Why Is the Obama Administration Keeping Toddlers Behind Bars?

Twenty-two women stuck in a legal limbo with their children are on a hunger strike in Pennsylvania.

Aug 17, 2016 / Joshua Holland

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ICE Is Still Deporting Asylum Seekers ICE Is Still Deporting Asylum Seekers

A lawsuit against the federal government shows how asylum-seeking families from Central America are being targeted through raids.

Aug 17, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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The Feds Will Shut Down the Troubled Private Prison in a ‘Nation’ Investigation The Feds Will Shut Down the Troubled Private Prison in a ‘Nation’ Investigation

The facility is among several in which our reporting has uncovered dozens of deaths that involved substandard medical care.

Aug 15, 2016 / From the Archive / Seth Freed Wessler

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Undocumented Immigrants Can’t Vote, but They’re Still Making Their Voices Heard Undocumented Immigrants Can’t Vote, but They’re Still Making Their Voices Heard

Even without citizenship, undocumented immigrants have a big impact on our democracy.

Aug 8, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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