Democrats Are Helping Trump Carry Out His Nativist Agenda Democrats Are Helping Trump Carry Out His Nativist Agenda
Trump and his white-nationalist allies are pursuing a shock-and-awe strategy against immigrants—and many Democrats seem all too eager to join him.
Feb 7, 2025 / Gaby Del Valle
How Immigration Became a Lightning Rod in American Politics How Immigration Became a Lightning Rod in American Politics
Anti-immigrant think tanks and advocacy groups operated on the margins until Trump became president. Now they have molded not only the GOP but also Democrats in their image.
Sep 25, 2024 / Feature / Gaby Del Valle
Under a Second Trump Term, the DHS Will Be Even Harsher Than Before Under a Second Trump Term, the DHS Will Be Even Harsher Than Before
Project 2025 lays out a vision of a new immigration enforcement agency that will be more effective than ever in deporting, detaining, and denying entry to immigrants.
Jun 4, 2024 / Feature / Gaby Del Valle
The Brutal Cycle of US Immigration Policy The Brutal Cycle of US Immigration Policy
In Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here, Jonathan Blitzer examines how North and Central American migration moves in two directions.
Apr 16, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Gaby Del Valle
On Immigration, Biden Made His Own Bed On Immigration, Biden Made His Own Bed
The president is still trying to appease his conservative critics on immigration, putting his reelection at risk.
Jan 22, 2024 / Gaby Del Valle
The Number of Migrants Is Not the Problem—Our Asylum System Is The Number of Migrants Is Not the Problem—Our Asylum System Is
America’s asylum processes keep migrants in perpetual limbo, unable to work and support themselves, after they’ve come to the United States.
Nov 2, 2023 / Gaby Del Valle
The “Chaos” at the Border Is by Design The “Chaos” at the Border Is by Design
As a presidential candidate in 2020, Biden criticized Trump for “drastically” restricting access to asylum. Now he’s doing the very same thing.
May 25, 2023 / Gaby Del Valle for The Nation
Biden Has Now Embraced Republican Restrictionism on Immigration Biden Has Now Embraced Republican Restrictionism on Immigration
The administration is enshrining several Trump-era border policies—even though Biden promised to undo the damage that Trump had done to the immigration system.
Mar 17, 2023 / Gaby Del Valle
ICE Is Subjecting a Record Number of Asylum Seekers to Electronic Monitoring ICE Is Subjecting a Record Number of Asylum Seekers to Electronic Monitoring
While Biden has reduced the overall number of migrants in ICE detention, his administration has also presided under a significant expansion of electronic monitoring.
Oct 18, 2022 / Gaby Del Valle
The Migrants Sent North Don’t Have a Happy Ending Yet The Migrants Sent North Don’t Have a Happy Ending Yet
The fact that asylum-seekers are being welcomed in the cities they’ve been sent to is good news, but they’ve still got immigration cases to win.
Sep 23, 2022 / Gaby Del Valle