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September 13, 2023
Lillian Perlmutter
These Asylum-Seekers Got 15 Minutes to Make Their Case
The Biden administration’s new test for those seeking refuge from danger in the U.S. has left many migrants in limbo.
May 29, 2023
Magazine
Dana Liebelson
Greg Casar Charts a Lonely Progressive Path in Texas
How far can he go in a state that Democrats don’t win?
May 19, 2023
Lillian Perlmutter
The Dismal Reality Behind the Migrant “Surge” That Never Arrived
Asylum-seekers barely noticed the end of Title 42. But that’s only because the rules seem to change every day.
March 1, 2023
Felipe De La Hoz
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.
November 29, 2022
Timothy Noah
Kevin McCarthy’s Pledge to Impeach Mayorkas Is a Gift to Democrats
He doesn’t even know why he wants to put the homeland security chief on trial. Neither does McCarthy’s rival for the speakership, Representative Andy Biggs.
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 27, 2022
Daniel Strauss
Republicans’ Midterm Play: Scare Up Another Border Crisis
They’re even talking about impeaching the DHS secretary. And Senate Democratic incumbents in purple states are running away from the White House.
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.”
April 8, 2022
Grace Segers
Democrats Break With Biden on Title 42 Border Policy
Several Democrats, some of whom face tough reelections, oppose the administration’s decision to lift the Trump-era immigration order.
March 30, 2022
Grace Segers
Biden May Finally End a Brutal, Trump-Era Immigration Policy
The end of Title 42 would be a boon to asylum-seekers and their advocates. It may also fuel a political firestorm.
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.
December 6, 2021
María Inés Taracena
Haitian Asylum-Seekers Are Being Mistreated in ICE Detention
As the media moves on from the horrors of Del Rio, Haitian asylum-seekers allege brutal conditions in an ICE facility in New Mexico.
October 26, 2021
Joe Penney
Tapachula, Mexico, Is an Open-Air Immigration Prison for the U.S.
More than 30,000 Haitians and many others are stuck in limbo at the Southern Mexico border.
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