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![A family is overcome with emotion after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on September 28, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/2023_1121-us-mexico-border-400x300.jpg)
Talk of “Border Crisis” Is Misleading. The Real Crisis Is US-Imposed Poverty.
U.S. policies created the poverty that drives people to migrate here, despite the lack of adequate social supports.
![Asylum seekers from Mauritania pose for a photo after a Wednesday night scrimmage in September 2023 at Grover Cleveland Park in Ridgewood Queens.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/11/Photo2-2-400x300.jpeg)
A Pick-Up Soccer Group Is Helping Welcome Refugees to New York City
A weekly pickup game in a public park in Queens has become a powerful hub for organizing solidarity with asylum seekers.
![Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1031-maduro-400x300.jpg)
Latin American Leaders Reject US-Imposed Migration Policies at Palenque Summit
At the Palenque Summit in Mexico City, Latin American leaders blamed coercive U.S. policies for the migration crisis.
![A Texas National Guard soldier stands vigil at a makeshift migrant camp near the U.S.-Mexico border fence on May 11, 2023, in El Paso, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1016-el-paso-border-400x300.jpg)
El Paso Residents Say “Border Crisis” Is Manufactured, Reject Militarization
Border militarization, not immigration, is what is making El Paso unsafe, residents say.
![Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez holds a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol on July 13, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1006-aoc-400x300.jpg)
“A Cruel Policy”: AOC Asks Biden to Reverse Course on Building Trump Border Wall
The Biden administration announced this week that it’s planning to waive dozens of laws to build Trump’s border wall.
![A mechanical lift is seen through flowers next to a section of newly constructed border wall in Hidalgo, Texas, on January 11, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/10/2023_1005-border-fence-400x300.jpg)
Biden Administration Waives 26 Laws to Speed Construction on Trump’s Border Wall
Biden had once promised there would “not be another foot of wall constructed” under his administration.
![Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus Rep. Pramila Jayapal speaks during a news conference on government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on September 20, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/2023_0929-jayapal-400x300.jpg)
Dem-Led Caucuses Slam GOP for Adding Anti-Immigration Agenda to Funding Bill
“It is not appropriate to establish new immigration and border policy” in this way, they said in a joint statement.
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Judge Orders Trump Officials to Testify on Family Separation Policy
The suit was filed in 2021 by three families from El Salvador and Guatemala whose kids and parents were separated.
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US Intervention and Sanctions Blamed for Rise in US-Mexico Border Crossings
Expanding policing of migrants only causes more hardships, said Fernando García of the Border Network for Human Rights.
![Colombian President Says Sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela Are Driving Migration](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/Seg-Petro-alt-400x300.jpg)
Colombian President Says Sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela Are Driving Migration
“The scars of history … continue to weigh against humanity,” says Colombian President Gustavo Petro.