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A Persecuted Father Deported to Haiti Fights to Reunite With His Family in US
Daniel was among the Haitian men attacked by lariat-swinging U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents on September 21.
Migrants Have Right to Truth Commission and Reparations for Abuses at US Border
The commission's mandate must include family separation and mass deportations that clearly violated international laws.
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.
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.