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September 24, 2021
Cora Currier
The Photos the Border Patrol Wants You to See
The agency portrays itself as a humanitarian force—not one that whips desperate migrants by horseback.
August 25, 2021
Matt Ford
A Nevada Judge Ruled That a Major Immigration Law Is Too Racist to Remain
Section 1326, which has been applied to tens of thousands of cases, is irrevocably rooted in racial animus, says Judge Miranda Du.
March 15, 2021
Felipe De La Hoz
The Infernal Challenge of Ending “Kids In Cages”
There’s more the Biden administration can do to make a sharp break with his predecessors’ policies on unaccompanied minors.
February 24, 2021
Osita Nwanevu
Joe Biden’s Immigration Acid Test
The battle for reform offers the new administration a chance to exorcise Trumpism and prove it has agenda-setting grit.
February 13, 2021
María Inés Taracena
The Ambiguous End of “Remain in Mexico”
Asylum-seekers have more questions than answers after the Biden administration rolled back a policy that trapped thousands of people in border camps.
December 25, 2020
Felipe De La Hoz
Joe Biden Doesn’t Need the GOP’s Permission to Fix Our Broken Immigration System
The presidency confers broad powers that will allow him to roll back all of the damage done by his predecessor.
October 20, 2020
Hilary Beaumont
The Anguish of Watching the Election From the Purgatory of a Border Camp
Asylum-seekers stranded in Matamoros, Mexico, have a plea for voters in November: Elect Joe Biden and “get us out of this hell.”
June 24, 2020
Paige Corich-Kleim
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J.C. Pan
I Still Do Water Drops Because the Covid Crisis Hasn’t Ended the Border Crisis
Paige Corich-Kleim provides aid to migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. For her, the pandemic has changed nothing and everything.
September 12, 2019
Aaron Miguel Cantú
Inside Trump’s Border Chaos
Thousands of asylum-seekers were released into towns and cities near the border, straining local resources. Was the resulting havoc a product of negligence, incompetence, or something more sinister?
January 2, 2019
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Elliott Woods
Jailed, Raped, Deported, Robbed
Separated from his wife and children by ICE, an undocumented man tries desperately to return home.
January 2, 2019
Elliott Woods
Encarcelado. Violado. Deportado. Robado.
Separado de su esposa e hijos por ICE, un hombre indocumentado intenta desesperadamente regresar a casa.
July 3, 2013
Molly Redden
CBO Report: More Spending on Border Control Will Kinda Sorta Maybe Reduce Illegal Crossings
June 28, 2013
Molly Redden
Personal Bland
Will immigration reveal that John Cornyn is too good at shape-shifting?
February 13, 2008
John B. Judis
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