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Asylum Seekers
What the US Immigrant Rights Movement Can Learn From Australia’s Asylum Struggle
We can crack open the border-control regime.
Immigrant Toddlers Ordered to Appear in Court Alone
Children will face court proceedings as they grapple with the trauma of being taken from their parents.
The False Choice Between Jailing Children and Separating Families
Trump ended a case management program that kept families together and out of custody.
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Trump’s Executive Orders Could Drastically Expand Family Detention Centers
Trump's ruthless policy gives his deportation forces the power to detain large numbers of women and children.
Why Did Obama Deport 85 Muslim Asylum Seekers?
Deporting Muslim asylum seekers is nothing new.
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Thousands of Unaccompanied Refugee Children Travel to Sweden
Defying the odds of a difficult journey and surviving abuses by smugglers, most youth are fleeing violent conflict or poverty.
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Migrants Are Drowning as They Flee War and Poverty; Will Europe Continue Its Sea Rescues?
Mass migration to Europe, resulting from war and poverty, has erupted into a full-blown humanitarian crisis.
New Senate Bill Fails to Address Root Causes of Central American Migration
Senate Democrats have introduced a bill allocating $2.7 billion this year to deal with the surge of unaccompanied children and families from Central America entering the United States.
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Running for Their Lives: The Child Migrant Crisis
US policies stoked the gang violence Central American kids are fleeing.
Syrian Refugees March and Occupy to Demand Asylum in Switzerland
The asylum-seekers have resolved not to leave until their status is officially decided.