Why Has President Obama Deported More Immigrants Than Any President in US History? Why Has President Obama Deported More Immigrants Than Any President in US History?
Since 9/11, immigration has become increasingly tangled with criminal enforcement and national security.
Mar 31, 2014 / Alejandra Marchevsky and Beth Baker
In New York’s Urban Borscht Belt, Ukrainians Debate Russia and Revolution In New York’s Urban Borscht Belt, Ukrainians Debate Russia and Revolution
Where Putin is the toast—and scourge—of the town
Mar 26, 2014 / Dusty Christensen
More Than 100 Immigrant Detainees on Hunger Strike Could Be Force-Fed More Than 100 Immigrant Detainees on Hunger Strike Could Be Force-Fed
Hunger strikers at Northwest Detention Center in Washington are demanding better prison conditions and an end to deportations.
Mar 11, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform
Change won’t come to America’s broken immigration system from policymakers. It will come from organizers.
Mar 10, 2014 / Oscar Chacon, Amy Shannon, and Foreign Policy In Focus
US Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Them US Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Them
An internal review of the US Border Patrol raises serious questions about the agency’s use-of-force policy.
Feb 28, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Brain Drain and the Politics of Immigration Brain Drain and the Politics of Immigration
The migration of highly skilled workers can pay dividends for immigrants and their employers, but it produces losers as well.
Feb 26, 2014 / Nathalie Baptiste and Foreign Policy In Focus
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Long Battle for Progressive, Humane Immigration Reform This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Long Battle for Progressive, Humane Immigration Reform
It’s worth recalling that on the issue of immigration, as on much else, there is little new under the sun.
Feb 8, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
America’s Biggest Private Prison Company Now Offers Acupuncture America’s Biggest Private Prison Company Now Offers Acupuncture
You just have to go to jail first.
Jan 8, 2014 / Jessica Weisberg
Undocumented Lawyers and Rogue States Undocumented Lawyers and Rogue States
So far, 2014 has been a year of states doing as they please.
Jan 6, 2014 / Jessica Weisberg
Welcome to the New America: Low-Wage Nation Welcome to the New America: Low-Wage Nation
Soon we’ll all be stuck with the unjust working conditions that immigrants face: contingent jobs, with lousy pay and few or no benefits.
Dec 30, 2013 / Saket Soni