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Immigration
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Released Teen Vows to Keep Fighting to Free Friends Inside US Immigration Detention Camp
Los muros me cayeron encima — “I felt the walls cave in on me.”
Trump’s Immigration Plan Punishes Women Most
Women now make up more than half of the immigrant population, and 100 immigrant women arrive in the United States for every 96 men.
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As the Private Immigrant Detention Business Persists, Families Fight Back
Privately run ICE detention centers make millions off the broken US immigration system and backwards policies.
Immigrant Family Detention Center Made For-Profit Prison Company $1 Billion in No-Bid Deal
The deal was made to deter the arrival of asylum seekers.
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Stateless People: How Immigration Gaps Create Poverty in the US
The United States held the promise of safety and a piece of the “American dream.”
RNC Protesters “Wall Off Trump” and Confront Police Violence
Protesters erected a “wall” with banners outside the RNC, and kept systemic police violence in the spotlight even as a sea of police flooded the streets around them.
In California, Immigrants Are Not for Sale
The Obama administration's deportation machine continues to tear communities apart.
Borders: Imaginary Lines, Real Exploitation
Most people take borders for granted, but unlike mountains or rivers, they are not natural.
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Seeking False Security at Fortress Europe’s Gates
As nationalism and racism surge across the continent, a Europe adrift seeks security by hardening policies against migrants.
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“No Touching”: Peering Through the Iron Bars of the US-Mexico Border, Families Struggle to Connect
The Border Patrol's careful control over family reunions at the border wall leaves families heartbroken, unable to even touch or hug in many instances.