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Migrants
Trump Administration’s Proposed Rule Attempts to Starve Out Asylum Seekers
A new rule seeks to deny asylum seekers the right to work and feed themselves while their cases are pending.
We Can’t Obtain Immigration Justice in a World of Borders and Nations
Immigration policies will never be “just” or “fair.”
US Border Officials Deny Request to Give Free Flu Vaccine to Detained Migrants
The refusal was the latest example of what critics call the "intentional cruelty" of Trump's immigration policies.
How McKinsey Helped the Trump Administration Detain and Deport Immigrants
Newly uncovered documents show the consulting giant helped ICE find "detention savings opportunities."
Migrant Women and Girls Are Leading the Battle Against Climate Change
Addressing rampant gender inequality will help communities become more resilient against the impacts of climate change.
Mexican Immigration Officials Destroy Asylum Seekers’ Tents
Officials used machetes to destroy tents in a refugee camp in Matamoros, Mexico.
Trump Administration Considered Jailing Migrants Near Toxic Military Dump
A jail was almost built at Fort Bliss, Texas, which has at least 80 sites regulated under a hazardous waste program.
Trump Administration Detained Record-Breaking 70,000 Children in 2019
The number of children held by the U.S. in 2019 exceeded that of any other country.
Arizona Jury Set to Retry No More Deaths’ Scott Warren
The Trump administration will ask a jury once more to squash the Sanctuary Movement and its ministry of supporters.
Borders Don’t “Secure” Anything But Global Inequality
Borders expose "the shackles of a world organized into vastly unequal nation states," says author Todd Miller.