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Immigration
How We Shut Down the Nation’s Largest Child Detention Center
If the Trump administration has its way, it won't be empty for long.
It’s Time for Migrants Facing Deportation to Have Free Legal Counsel
Some city and state governments have invested millions in pro bono "rapid response" legal aid for migrants.
As Dorian Loomed, Homeland Security Shifted $155 Million From FEMA to ICE
The Trump administration is diverting emergency relief funds for disaster victims toward incarcerating migrants.
A Mumps Outbreak Is Spreading in Trump’s Migrant Jails
A disease nearly eradicated by vaccines is now on the upswing.
Family of Mexican Teenager Slain by Border Agent Awaits SCOTUS Ruling
Is a Mexican citizen killed on Mexican soil by a U.S. border agent protected by the U.S. Constitution?
Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Policies Target Children, Cancer Patients, Servicemembers
The new anti-immigration policies were enacted as border wall construction began on federally protected lands this week.
House Democrats Demand Access to Migrant Jails
The Trump administration abruptly canceled planned tours of 11 facilities.
Public Charge Rule Is an Attempt to Impose a White Nationalist Vision of America
Many people who are legally entitled to food, housing and health benefits will lose access to them.
Over 1,100 Congregations Have Agreed to Provide Sanctuary to Migrants
Places of worship are harboring families facing deportation, defying the law but fulfilling a moral imperative.
Migrant Death Toll Tops 900 in Mediterranean as 40 Die Near Libya
Meanwhile, far-right European leaders continue to criminalize refugees and migrants.