Immigration reform

Immigration protest

Undocumented Immigrants Contribute Over $11 Billion to Our Economy Each Year Undocumented Immigrants Contribute Over $11 Billion to Our Economy Each Year

The notion that they do nothing but drain public coffers is a myth.

Mar 14, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Clinton and Sanders Promised Not to Deport Child Migrants. Should We Cheer?

Clinton and Sanders Promised Not to Deport Child Migrants. Should We Cheer? Clinton and Sanders Promised Not to Deport Child Migrants. Should We Cheer?

Promises they can’t keep aren’t what immigrants really need.

Mar 10, 2016 / Julianne Hing

Trump and O'Neil

Yankee Great Paul O’Neill Endorses Trump, Slaps Latino Players Across the Face Yankee Great Paul O’Neill Endorses Trump, Slaps Latino Players Across the Face

He’s sending quite the message to his former teammates and the game he ostensibly loves.

Mar 9, 2016 / Dave Zirin

ICE protest

Kept Out of School for Being Undocumented Kept Out of School for Being Undocumented

Honduran immigrant Wildin Acosta wants to do his homework—really. But he’s in ICE detention.

Mar 4, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Finally, Democrats of Color Get to Vote

Finally, Democrats of Color Get to Vote Finally, Democrats of Color Get to Vote

In today’s Nevada caucus, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders will find out what non-white voters think of them.

Feb 20, 2016 / Julianne Hing

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Letters From the March 7, 2016, Issue Letters From the March 7, 2016, Issue

Deadly inequality… northern lights… such stuff as dreams are made on… mixed-up priorities…

Feb 18, 2016 / Our Readers

Immigration protest

What’s the Difference Between a Refugee and a Deportee? A Lawyer. What’s the Difference Between a Refugee and a Deportee? A Lawyer.

Prompted by the ongoing crisis of child migrants from Central American, Senate Democrats are trying to get due process for “vulnerable” asylum seekers.

Feb 13, 2016 / Julianne Hing

Reeves riot

The Democratic Presidential Candidates Would End Private Prison Contracts The Democratic Presidential Candidates Would End Private Prison Contracts

A Nation investigation found startling medical neglect inside privatized, immigrant-only federal prisons. Both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton say they would end these, and all,...

Feb 8, 2016 / Julianne Hing

Guestworkers processing crabs

The Two-Tier Employment System You Haven’t Heard Of The Two-Tier Employment System You Haven’t Heard Of

Migrants on guestworker visas are constrained by the border on one side and their boss on the other.

Feb 3, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Grave of Carlos Aguirre-Venegas

The 25 Men Whose Lives Ended Under Questionable Circumstances The 25 Men Whose Lives Ended Under Questionable Circumstances

Medical doctors agreed that inadequate care likely contributed to the premature deaths of these men inside the Bureau of Prison’s private facilities.

Jan 28, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

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