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Migrant Families Sue Over Extraordinary Harms of Family Separation
The suit seeks damages to help the families with the cost of therapy and other treatment for the trauma they endured.
African Migrants Pledge to Continue Journey Despite US Asylum Ban
Migrants point out that U.S. policies created the conditions that led them to flee.
Supreme Court Ruling Pushes Tens of Thousands Toward Summary Deportation
The decision on Trump’s asylum restrictions inaugurates a horrifying new era in U.S. immigration policy.
The US Has “Disappeared” More Than 42,000 Migrants. Where’s the Outrage?
Trump’s most insidious immigration program is operating under the radar.
Right-Wing Supreme Court Allows Trump Asylum Ban to Take Effect
Trump’s “third-country” rule is the administration’s toughest barrier to asylum seekers yet.
Thousands of African Migrants Are Stranded in Mexico Hoping to Head North
Hundreds of African migrants in Mexico are protesting the country’s refusal to grant them transit visas.
In Dorian’s Wake, Bahamian Refugees Are Greeted by Trump’s Cruelty
Refugees from the stricken island nation might include “very bad people,” Trump claims. So they all must suffer.
Yoel Alonso Leal Is Facing Deportation. Doctors Say He May Die on the Plane.
Leal is a lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the indefinite detention of asylum seekers.
FBI Investigates ICE Shooting of Undocumented Man in Nashville Suburb
The agent involved also made headlines after community members blocked attempts to detain an undocumented man in July.
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.