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![A person whose face is obscured by hair is led, handcuffed, into a plane by people wearing bright-colored visibility vests](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0313-deportation-dlight-400x300.jpg)
WA Activists and Researchers Use Live Video Feed to Document Deportation Flights
Privately run deportation flights have generated troubling reports of passenger mistreatment and in-flight emergencies.
![Joe Biden holds up a button reading "Laken Rikey"](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0313-joe-biden-pin-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s Use of the Slur “Illegal” Underscores His Rightward Lurch on Immigration
Trump’s border plan is fascist. Why is the Democratic Party ceding rhetorical ground rather than confronting the right?
![Immigrants from China warm themselves near a fire after crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border on March 6, 2024, in Campo, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-2066555301-400x300.jpg)
The Left Needs a Positive Vision for How Immigration Policy Should Actually Work
As Democrats move right on immigration, the left must boldly embrace open borders, says author John Washington.
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Florida Budgets $558,000 to Surveil Immigrants When They Go to the Doctor
Florida’s anti-immigrant law is pushing scared patients to forgo medical treatment — including pregnant women.
![People walk along the border wall at the U.S./Mexico border](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0304-us-mexico-border-400x300.jpg)
Democrats Are Embracing Border Policies They Repeatedly Condemned Under Trump
The party is twisting itself into a pretzel to defend the most restrictive immigration policies in decades.
![Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Greensboro Coliseum on March 2, 2024, in Greensboro, North Carolina.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/2024_0304-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Data Disproves Right-Wing Talking Points About Migrant Crime
Many studies have shown that crime rates are lower among immigrants than among U.S.-born residents.
![French gendarmes stand guard at night in front of demolished buildings in the shantytown of "Talus 2" district in Koungou, as part of Operation Wuambushu on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, on May 25, 2023. Authorities in Mayotte are carrying out Operation Wuambushu ("Take Back" in the local language) to clear slums, demolishing the makeshift settlements and sending migrants back to neighboring Comoros.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0301-gendarmes-400x300.jpg)
Europe’s Border Policies Are Sacrificing Migrant Lives for Corporate Profits
The EU's militarized strategy only exacerbates the immigration debacle, while undermining human rights and democracy.
![An aerial view shows migrants, including children, walking next to razor wire after crossing the Rio Grande to seek humanitarian asylum during sunset in Eagle Pass, Texas, on February 4, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-1978666618-400x300.jpg)
Family Separations and Other Anti-Migrant Horrors Haven’t Stopped Under Biden
The president is considering an executive action that will worsen death and destruction across the immigration system.
![Biden and Trump Both Push Anti-Migrant Policies in US-Mexico Border Visits](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/SEG1-Mariamigrants2-400x300.jpg)
Biden and Trump Both Push Anti-Migrant Policies in US-Mexico Border Visits
The two leading presidential candidates each pitched measures to further militarize the border and restrict asylum.
![Migrants who crossed the border from Mexico to the United States are detained by the Border Patrol and initiate the process of seeking humanitarian asylum in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on January 31, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/2024_0229-border-400x300.jpg)
Arizona Republicans Advance Bill Allowing Property Owners to Kill Migrants
The bill would allow property owners to kill migrants by claiming they believed their life was in danger.