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Asylum Seekers
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.
Haitian Asylum Seekers Sue US Government for Racial Discrimination
The class-action lawsuit comes after images of Border Patrol agents whipping Haitian asylum seekers drew outrage.
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.
Biden Admin Reimposes “Remain in Mexico” Policy That Started Under Trump
The Biden White House will expand the Trump-era policy to apply to every asylum seeker in the Western Hemisphere.
US Officials Outrageously Claim Black Men Fleeing Slavery Lack “Credible Fear”
The DHS is issuing form letters of denial to Black asylum seekers from Mauritania who escaped enslavement and torture.
Haiti’s Humanitarian Crisis Reveals the Human Costs of US Interventionism
The cycle of crisis in Haiti and Colombia reveals that interventionism is not simply an event but a system.
As COVID Travel Restrictions Ease, It’s Past Time to Repeal Title 42
Title 42 continues to be used more as a tool of immigration policy than as a legitimate response to the pandemic.
Trump Is Gone, But the US Is Still Putting Migrants Through Hell
It is the tyranny of normalcy that allows our government to perpetrate atrocities.
Top State Department Official Resigns, Saying Haitian Deportations Violate Law
The Biden administration has deported thousands of Haitians in the past few weeks alone.
Biden’s Expulsion of Haitian Migrants Is Racist, Illegal — and Trumpian
Biden is continuing former president Donald Trump’s policy of misusing Title 42 in violation of U.S. treaty obligations.