The Dignity Campaign’s Alternative Vision for Immigration Reform The Dignity Campaign’s Alternative Vision for Immigration Reform
Rejecting proposals to tighten borders, a network of grassroots groups calls for reform based on “human, labor and civil rights for all.”
Feb 6, 2013 / David Bacon
A Path for Immigrants? A Path for Immigrants?
To be decent, an immigration reform bill must set out a path to citizenship that isn’t paved with broken glass.
Feb 6, 2013 / The Editors
Immigration Is Not a Domestic Issue Immigration Is Not a Domestic Issue
Whatever reform passes in Washington, poverty in the global South will continue to drive migration.
Feb 6, 2013 / Column / Gary Younge
Meet the Dreamers Escorted Out of the House Immigration Hearing Meet the Dreamers Escorted Out of the House Immigration Hearing
The House held its first immigration hearing of the year—and undocumented youth claimed their space there.
Feb 6, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Dispatches from the US Student Movement: Feb. 1 Dispatches from the US Student Movement: Feb. 1
This week, students host convergences, boycott standardized tests and chain themselves to a potted tree. Can need-blind admissions be saved at Wesleyan? After Adios Arpaio, what...
Feb 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/1/2013) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/1/2013)
This week: immigrants cross the US-Mexico border using GPS and poetry, US-trained armies around the world commit attrocities and pundits and politicians shoot themselves in the foo...
Feb 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Dreamers Fight Deportations Dreamers Fight Deportations
While Washington debates a grand immigration resolution, some activists are putting their bodies on the line to free those in detention today.
Jan 30, 2013 / Feature / Aura Bogado
The Pathway to Immigration Reform Remains Uncertain The Pathway to Immigration Reform Remains Uncertain
Does the national debate over immigration reform augur a more just sytem? Ask immigrants themselves.
Jan 30, 2013 / Aura Bogado
The Numbers Just Don’t Add Up on Immigration Reform The Numbers Just Don’t Add Up on Immigration Reform
Since House Republicans from gerrymandered districts need only worry about pandering to their hardcore base, real change probably won’t happen anytime soon.
Jan 29, 2013 / George Zornick
Why Are Domestic Workers Ignored in Immigration Reform? Why Are Domestic Workers Ignored in Immigration Reform?
They perform backbreaking work for low pay just like agricultural workers. Where’s their fast track?
Jan 29, 2013 / Bryce Covert