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Democrats Demand Biden Close ICE Jail Accused of Abusing Black Immigrants
Watchdogs suspect the prison violated federal records law by deleting video footage of the alleged abuse.
Djokovic Is Obnoxious, But His Story Highlights Cruelty of Australian Detention
Tennis star Novak Djokovic spent a weekend in Australian detention. He got out. Asylum seekers remain imprisoned.
Immigration Reform Is Still Possible — With a Strong Social Movement
2021 didn’t bring the immigration reform many hoped for, but grassroots organizing could turn things around in 2022.
I Worked for a Refugee Support Organization in Calais. Here’s What I Saw.
Uncontrolled policing, fatal sea crossings and the U.K.’s Nationality and Borders Bill all threaten refugees in Europe.
Immigrants Held in ICE Jails at Risk Amid New Omicron Surge
More than 22,000 people being held in jails run by ICE face COVID with no option for social distancing.
Biden Administration Seeks to Overturn Trump-Era “Remain in Mexico” Policy
The policy forces asylum seekers to stay out of the U.S. while awaiting court arrangements.
A Year in, Biden Hasn’t Fulfilled Promise to Repair Refugee Resettlement Program
Trump left the system in shambles, but Biden let in a record low number of refugees over the last fiscal year.
Biden Backs Out of Negotiations to Compensate Separated Migrant Families
Around 5,500 families were separated at the U.S-Mexico border, leaving children and parents with lasting trauma.
56 Migrant Deaths in Chiapas Were Due to Border Crackdown, Not an “Accident”
Such “accidents” are a recurring human cost of the policies of containment and repression imposed on migrants globally.
Dems Urged to “Grow a Backbone” and Negate Parliamentarian on Immigration Reform
The senate parliamentarian's opinion is non-binding — and, according to experts, wrong on the merits.