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Felipe De La Hoz

Felipe De La Hoz is a contributing editor for The New Republic. Along with co-writer Gaby Del Valle, he runs BORDER/LINES, a weekly newsletter breaking down the rapid pace of change in federal immigration policy.

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May 8, 2025
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Trump’s Sneaky Plot to Steal Your Data—and Weaponize It Against You
Under the guise of immigration enforcement, the administration is building a new, expanded surveillance state.
March 19, 2025
Felipe De La Hoz
No One Is Safe From America’s Abusive Immigration Authorities Anymore
Even legal residents and tourists are being terrorized by Trump-emboldened officers at ICE and CBP.
March 12, 2025
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The Worst Thing About Mahmoud Khalil’s Detention Is That It’s Legal
The Columbia student’s arrest may look unjust on its face, but this is our immigration enforcement mechanisms working exactly as designed.
September 30, 2024
Felipe De La Hoz
The Democrats’ Shameful, Foolish Surrender on Immigration
Kamala Harris apparently believes—wrongly—that she has no influence on anti-immigrant sentiment in America, because she has effectively capitulated to MAGA messaging.
July 5, 2024
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The Potential Upside of the Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision
The courts no longer have to bow to executive whims, which may give noncitizens a better chance.
May 1, 2024
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The Racist Origins of America’s Broken Immigration System
How a little-known, century-old law perpetuated the odious notion that certain types of immigrants degrade our nation’s character
January 17, 2024
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Congress Is Sleepwalking Into a Draconian Asylum Ban
Lawmakers may be able to fool themselves into believing they’re addressing a temporary crisis, but their hasty deliberations will endanger an uncounted number of lives.
October 11, 2023
Felipe De La Hoz
The Triumph of Trump’s Anti-Migrant Cruelty
Biden, and many other Democratic leaders, have come to embrace some of the former president’s restrictionist immigration policies.
March 1, 2023
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Biden Has Fully Embraced Trump’s Asylum Policies
Advocates hoping that the new administration would wind down the abhorrent policies of its predecessors will instead see the status quo survive.
January 19, 2023
Felipe De La Hoz
Biden’s Asylum Compromise Is a Faustian Bargain
The president’s decision to swap migrants into humanitarian parole status is a short-term political fix that will only lead to future chaos.
November 18, 2022
Felipe De La Hoz
Biden Has Five Weeks to Replace the Trump-Era Asylum Process With a Better One
Now that a federal judge has vacated Title 42, which used the pandemic as a pretext for expelling asylees, the White House will have to adapt on the fly.
August 22, 2022
Felipe De La Hoz
What Joe Biden Can Learn From Stephen Miller (Yes, Seriously)
Trump’s most infamous adviser ran roughshod over immigration policy during his White House tenure. Here’s how his techniques can be used for good.
June 30, 2022
Felipe De La Hoz
The Supreme Court’s “Remain in Mexico” Ruling Is a Tiny Step Toward Fixing Our Gruesome Immigration Policy
There are many policies that have forced asylum-seekers into horrifying conditions, like those that caused the deaths of 53 people in San Antonio.
April 21, 2022
Felipe De La Hoz
Biden Is Finally (Maybe!) Ending Title 42. But Trump’s Cruel Border Policies Aren’t Over.
“What is most needed on the border is not resources. It’s a change in mentality.”
March 8, 2022
Felipe De La Hoz
Europe Can Handle Ukrainian Refugees—for Now. But Will It Need America’s Help?
The European Union is poised to handle the first big wave of migration. But if the war endures, the United States will have to play a role in resettling those fleeing violence.
February 22, 2022
Felipe De La Hoz
Biden’s Unconscionable Embrace of Trump’s Cruel Migrant-Expulsion Scheme
Trump used the Covid pandemic as an excuse to invoke Title 42 and kick out migrants at the U.S. border. Now Biden is doing the exact same thing.
February 8, 2022
Felipe De La Hoz
Greg Abbott’s “Operation Lone Star” Could Threaten Everyone’s Right to Vote
The Texas governor’s use of irregular military deployments to fearmonger at the border could be coming to a state near you.
December 21, 2021
Felipe De La Hoz
Immigration Reform Is Dead
The Build Back Better Act was probably the last best chance for immigration reform for a long time. And even that didn’t offer much.
September 6, 2021
Felipe De La Hoz
Getting to the U.S. Is Just the First Hurdle for Afghan Refugees
Trump and the pandemic left the refugee resettlement system in tatters. It needs money, volunteers, and to remove bureaucratic barriers.
June 29, 2021
Felipe De La Hoz
The Immigrant Families Separated by Trump Are Stuck in Legal Limbo Under Biden
The White House is discovering that the path to undoing the former president’s most despised policy is full of tricks and traps.

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