Immigration

Immigrant rights rallies

Trump’s Latest Assault on Immigrants Shreds a Half-Century of Reforms Trump’s Latest Assault on Immigrants Shreds a Half-Century of Reforms

New restrictions on the meaning of “public charge” will bump millions from public assistance and create a caste of untouchables.

Sep 26, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky

Refugees welcome in Germany sign

Germany’s Faith-Based Sanctuary Activists Have Created a National Movement Germany’s Faith-Based Sanctuary Activists Have Created a National Movement

But it’s under growing pressure from politicians waging war on the right to asylum.

Sep 19, 2018 / Caitlin L. Chandler

Border wall

The Fandango Doctrine The Fandango Doctrine

On using the arts to restore the amity and goodwill among people on both sides of the US-Mexico border.

Sep 17, 2018 / Kabir Sehgal

Jimmie Akesson

Is the ‘Swedish Model’ of Social Democracy Endangered? Is the ‘Swedish Model’ of Social Democracy Endangered?

The rise of the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats is stunning—but the Social Democrats have been losing ground for decades.

Sep 17, 2018 / Lars Trägårdh

Ain Issa refugee camp

Trump Creates a Worldwide Border Crisis for Refugees Trump Creates a Worldwide Border Crisis for Refugees

By slashing the number of refugees it is willing to take in, the United States is abrogating its humanitarian duty.

Sep 12, 2018 / Michelle Chen

A father and his son await tutorship by immigration lawyers in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, April 27, 2018.

Don’t Let the Trump Administration Indefinitely Detain Immigrant Children Don’t Let the Trump Administration Indefinitely Detain Immigrant Children

You can also join a campaign to defund detention centers and sign up to phone bank to stop Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.

Sep 11, 2018 / NationAction

El Refugio

The Little Yellow Sanctuary in the Shadow of ICE The Little Yellow Sanctuary in the Shadow of ICE

El Refugio has given the family members of immigrant detainees food, shelter, and assistance in a remote corner of Georgia.

Sep 10, 2018 / Anjali Enjeti

Germany Far Right Rally

Rioting in Germany Exposes the Growing Power of the Far Right Rioting in Germany Exposes the Growing Power of the Far Right

There is now a spirit of mutual accommodation among neo-Nazis, parts of mainstream political parties, and the police.

Sep 7, 2018 / Jordan Stancil

immigrant detention women

One Simple Way to Help Immigrants Fight Deportation One Simple Way to Help Immigrants Fight Deportation

Immigrants with attorneys are 6 times more likely to prevail in deportation proceedings than those without.

Sep 6, 2018 / Michelle Chen

Children Detention Center

The Family-Separation Crisis Is Not Over The Family-Separation Crisis Is Not Over

One father deported to Honduras struggles to describe the pain of remaining separated from his son.

Sep 5, 2018 / John Washington

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