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Immigration

US Uses Several Clandestine Shelters to Detain Immigrant Children
The federal government is relying on secret shelters to hold unaccompanied minors.

Unions Must Again Fight for Immigrant Amnesty
The labor movement needs to revive its recent history of demanding full equality for all immigrant workers.

A Tribal Camp in South Texas Is Vowing to Resist Trump’s Wall
The tribe has vowed to protect sacred sites including a 154-year-old cemetery threatened by the president’s wall.

Trump to Divert Millions From Health Programs for Migrant Child Detention
Alzheimer's patients, lower-income preschool children, and HIV patients are among those whose needs might go unmet.

ICE’s Human Smuggling Initiative Targeted Parents and Children
ICE used unaccompanied minors as bait to find and arrest undocumented immigrants.

Undocumented Activists Snuck Into Immigration Jail to Fight Deportations
A new film tells the true story of the undocumented immigrants who infiltrated Broward Transitional Center.

Activist Faces Prison for Climbing Monuments to Protest Family Separation
Patricia Okoumou climbed the Southwest Key building in Austin, Texas, to protest the company jailing immigrant children.

Confirmation of William Barr Escalates War on Immigrants
Newly confirmed Attorney General William Barr has promoted anti-immigrant and racist policies throughout his career.

North American Expats Contribute to Inequality in Latin America
Retirees and lifestyle migrants are bringing gentrification and dispossession to local communities.

Asylum Seekers Are Being Imprisoned in an Abandoned Factory in Mexico
Hundreds of desperate Central American migrants tried to escape the abandoned factory complex on Wednesday.