Immigration

Undocumented women face challenges with employment, health care, high rates of domestic violence and psychological trauma.

The Obama administration has opened two new family detention centers to hold hundreds of women and children from Central America who fled to the United States reportedly to escape …

Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa predicted CAFTA would screw workers in the US and in Central America, just as NAFTA did in the US and Mexico. He was right.

The hateful taunts of counter protesters were drowned out by songs of freedom resonating high toward the skyscrapers in Manhatten this June.

Last week US authorities began to place ankle bracelets on a few newly arrived immigrants. This represents a continuation of the criminalization and punishment of immigrants. The root causes …

Whenever the issue of immigration comes up in Congress, lawmakers point to “the line.” Just get in line, wait your turn! This magical, invisible line encapsulates an enduring myth …

Bethania Palma Markus talks with Ted Asregadoo about the spike in borderland deaths among migrants and corporate exploitation of migrant groups in detention centers.

A two-year-old executive order has helped thousands of undocumented young people plan for their future, but their plans could be erased with the stroke of a pen.

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.

Deprivation of citizenship has been described by the US Supreme Court as a form of punishment more primitive than torture.