Truthout
Immigration
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The Not-So-Good News About the Border Crisis
The Obama administration is making it harder for Central Americans to get refugee status.
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For Families and Communities, Deportation Means Trauma
The psychological trauma of deportation is rarely examined in mainstream media coverage.
How the Politics of Immigration Is Driving Mass Deportation
Deportations reached another record high last year. This is a striking development in light of the fact that illegal immigration and Border Patrol apprehensions have been falling for over …
Migrant Women, Children Allege Harsh Conditions, Sexual Assault at For-Profit Texas Immigration Jail
A new family detention center just south of San Antonio holds more than 500 immigrant women and their children as they await deportation.
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Care for Child Refugees
As indigenous peoples flee persecution in Central America, they should be treated as the refugees they are - with a right to asylum in the United States.
San Fernando Migrant Massacre: How US, Mexican and Latin American Governments Share Responsibility
An international tribunal recently concluded that the US, Mexico and several Latin American countries are responsible for state terror against migrants.
Call to Close “Deplorable” Private Migrant Jail Made, as Expansion Planned
Immigrant justice groups are raising alarms about conditions in existing and planned migrant jails holding children.
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Honduran Mothers and Grandmothers Search Far and Wide for Missing Migrants
United by grief and anxiety, the grandmothers, mothers and other relatives of people who disappeared on the migration route to the United States formed a committee in northern Honduras …
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The American “Deportation Mill“
Immigrant families detained in Artesia, New Mexico, are suing the US government.
Migrant Farmworkers Find Paths Out of Poverty Through Incubator Farms
Incubator farms help seasonal workers start their own businesses, where they get better pay and the support of a community.