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Migrants
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.
Medical Professionals Must Be Advocates for Migrant Patients
We honor the Hippocratic Oath when we work to ensure that U.S. policies don't add to migrants' trauma.
As Europe Shuts Out Migrants, Activists Are Pushing Back
Activists working across borders to defend migrants' rights are showing that borders are the real problem.
Trump Wants Alligator Moats at the Border Because He’s a Medieval Tyrant
Don’t anyone dare say at the end of this nightmare that they didn’t know.
Manufactured Misery at the Tijuana Border Crossing
Only one migrant has been granted asylum since the Migrant Protection Protocols went into effect in January.
African Migrants Pledge to Continue Journey Despite US Asylum Ban
Migrants point out that U.S. policies created the conditions that led them to flee.