Truthout
Immigration
The World We Want: An Activist Dispatch From the SOA Watch Convergence
The human rights crisis worsens at the US-Mexico border, and US mainstream politics offer little hope for refugees and migrants.
|
Activists on Both Sides of US-Mexico Border Converge Against US State Violence
This weekend activists are converging on both sides of the US-Mexico border to highlight US state violence and racism.
|
How Capitalism Perpetuates Immigration
Capitalism has consistently produced the extreme inequalities that sustain successive waves of migration.
These Three Issues Prove Our Movements Are Way Ahead of Clinton and Trump
Activists are too busy building a better world from the ground up to heed the grand plans of presidential hopefuls.
Did President Obama Host a Summit on Migrants While Ignoring a Refugee Crisis in the US’s Own Backyard?
The UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants has produced a nonbinding declaration on coordinating a humane response to the migration crisis.
Is Trump an Aberration? The Violent History of the “Nation of Immigrants“
The United States is still deporting Native people.
On Policy, It’s No Contest. Clinton: 112,735 Words, Trump: 9,000
On many fronts, Trump is literally offering nothing.
|
With Private Immigrant Detention Up for Review, a Formerly Incarcerated Immigrant Describes the Harsh Life on the Inside
Acosta described the appalling conditions.
Migrant Mother Says She Was Pushed to End Hunger Strike to Win Release From Detention
A woman held for nine months with her four-year-old daughter at the Berks County Residential Center as they seek asylum from El Salvador speaks out.
|
The “Doubly Invisible” Mexican Immigrants
These immigrants lack rights, opportunities and help during crises — adding up to a life in limbo.