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Immigration
Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Policies Target Children, Cancer Patients, Servicemembers
The new anti-immigration policies were enacted as border wall construction began on federally protected lands this week.
Public Charge Rule Is an Attempt to Impose a White Nationalist Vision of America
Many people who are legally entitled to food, housing and health benefits will lose access to them.
Trump Reportedly Moving to Deport Kids With Cancer and Deadly Illnesses
The administration is ending a protection that allows people to stay in the country while receiving life-saving care.
Beto O’Rourke Built His Career on Driving Out Low-Income Mexican Communities
The El Paso shooting is a continuation of anti-Latino violence that spans decades.
Trump’s Rule Attacking Disabled and Low-Income Migrants Has Violent History
The rule uses the same criteria against migrants that was used to keep Black people enslaved.
Sen. Merkley Condemns Trump’s Decision to Indefinitely Jail Migrant Kids
The Trump administration aims to indefinitely detain migrant children and their families, reversing decades of policy.
ICE Raids Benefit Bosses by Creating Fear in Workers
Punishing employers won't help the workers, but repealing laws and policies that make raids possible will.
Trump’s Reinstatement of Indefinite Family Detention Could Kill People
At least 26 people have died after being held in immigration custody since Trump took office, including six children.
Former Staffer Details Abuse Inside Chicago Child Detention Center
"The intervention of state agencies and social service agencies functions as a legalized kidnapping,” the staffer says.
An Artist Is Placing Crosses in Sonoran Desert to Memorialize Migrant Deaths
In the past five years, Alvaro Enciso has built and installed over 900 crosses across the treacherous Sonoran Desert.