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An Increasing Number of Migrant Women Are Dying at the US-Mexico Border
Migrant rights advocates are concerned as summer temperatures rise amid even more US-imposed asylum restrictions.
![Immigrant Rights Advocate Silky Shah: Debate Rhetoric Was Terrifying to See](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/Seg4-migrationandcandidates-400x300.jpg)
Immigrant Rights Advocate Silky Shah: Debate Rhetoric Was “Terrifying to See”
“Trump repeatedly was stoking a moral panic on immigration, and Biden had very little in response,” says Shah.
![A protester holds a sign reading "NO MORE DEATHS; NO MÁS MUERTES" during an outdoor protest](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024-0626-ice-detention-deaths-400x300.jpg)
New Report Finds Nearly All Deaths in ICE Custody Over 5 Years Were Preventable
None of the private prison corporations involved have faced any meaningful consequences.
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Don’t Let Biden’s Latest Protections Excuse His Rightward Lurch on Immigration
Biden's recent order offers no fundamental change to the right-wing agenda on immigration that has become the norm.
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SCOTUS’s Anti-Immigrant Ruling Imperils Marriage Equality and LGBTQ Lives
“Department of State v. Muñoz” could be used to undermine the right to same-sex marriage.
![Luis Asencio Cordero and Sandra Muñoz are pictured by the beach.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0621-sc-400x300.jpg)
Supreme Court Rules Against Married Couple in Blow to Immigrant Families
The ruling erodes marriage rights for mixed-status couples, including a California family separated 10 years ago.
![President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House on May 31, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0618-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden Announces New Protections for Married Dreamers on 12th Anniversary of DACA
Immigrant advocates praised the move but noted that Biden has issued inhumane anti-immigrant orders in the recent past.
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Biden’s Asylum Ban Makes Migrants More Vulnerable Amid Extreme Heat
The promise of a hotter than average summer has raised fears of a surge in heat-related illnesses and possibly deaths.
![President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 4, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0611-border-400x300.jpg)
Biden Opposed Trump’s Asylum Ban in 2018. Now, He’s Implementing It.
If Biden hopes to bolster his lackluster campaign with this desperate turn to the right, he is bound to be disappointed.
![California Gov. Gavin Newsom attends an event with fellow governors in the East Room of the White House on February 23, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0606-gavin-newsom-400x300.jpg)
Governor Newsom Takes Cue From Biden in Backtracking on Immigration Policy
Policy makers from the federal, state and local levels must use their power to defend immigrant communities.
![President Joe Biden delivers remarks on an executive order limiting asylum in the East Room of the White House on June 4, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0604_joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
ACLU Vows Legal Action Against Biden’s Anti-Migrant Executive Order
Human rights advocates are lambasting the order, saying it “takes the same approach” as Trump's anti-immigrant policies.
![A National Guard soldier patrols at the entrance of Shelby Park on March 12, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0604-im-400x300.jpg)
Biden Issues Executive Order to Deport Thousands of Asylum Seekers
Immigrant rights activists are decrying the order as being inhumane and in violation of international law.
![An immigrant makes a call from his 'segregation cell' at the Adelanto Detention Facility on November 15, 2013, in Adelanto, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0604-detention-400x300.jpg)
Hundreds of Doctors Demand Biden End Solitary Confinement in Immigration Prisons
Solitary confinement in ICE prisons would likely explode in scope under Trump’s mass deportation plan.