Immigration Policy

Biden Has Now Embraced Republican Restrictionism on Immigration

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

Children working as miners in Pennsylvania.

The Horrifying and Shameful Return of Child Labor The Horrifying and Shameful Return of Child Labor

Bipartisan buck-passing and a ramshackle immigration system have revived Victorian degradation.

Mar 10, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Deported to a Country You Can’t Remember

Deported to a Country You Can’t Remember Deported to a Country You Can’t Remember

The Biden administration sent Phoeun You, a former child refugee, to Cambodia after more than four decades in the US. Governor Gavin Newsom has the power to bring him back.

Mar 10, 2023 / Jessie Lau

Trump speaks at a podium

Reports of Trump’s Demise Are Premature, and His Threat of “Retribution” Is Serious Reports of Trump’s Demise Are Premature, and His Threat of “Retribution” Is Serious

At CPAC, the former president outlines his plan to regain the GOP nomination—and the White House.

Mar 6, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Signs welcoming migrants on a chain-link fence

Asylum Seekers’ Arduous Journey Doesn’t End Once They Are in the United States Asylum Seekers’ Arduous Journey Doesn’t End Once They Are in the United States

With a backlog of cases clogging up the immigration courts, some asylum-seekers wait up to 10 years for theirs to be heard—and remain without status until they are approved or deni...

Feb 21, 2023 / Rabia Gursoy

DACA Protest

How DACA Helped This Student Achieve His Dreams How DACA Helped This Student Achieve His Dreams

Born in Uganda to Pakistani parents, Fahad Paryani came to the US at the age of 3. Because of DACA, he's now a full-time medical researcher at Columbia University.

Feb 16, 2023 / StudentNation / Jordan Coll

Outside Kyiv, Ukraine, locals stand atop and examine a destroyed Russian tank.

We Can’t Reduce the Ukraine War to a Morality Play We Can’t Reduce the Ukraine War to a Morality Play

Along with causing immense suffering, Putin’s war has unleashed a tidal wave of hyperbole.

Feb 14, 2023 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Flowers and candles at a memorial outside the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California.

Huu Can Tran’s American Dream Huu Can Tran’s American Dream

The Monterey Park shooter lost his wife and his home. But one totem of assimilation remained within easy reach.

Feb 6, 2023 / Mari Uyehara

Josh Hawley holding pencil in front of microphone

The GOP’s Phony Class War The GOP’s Phony Class War

Racist resentment plus plutocratic economics don’t equal a “working-class party.”

Feb 3, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Immigration Reform Protest

For Mixed-Status Students, Immigration Reform Is the Only Hope For Mixed-Status Students, Immigration Reform Is the Only Hope

More than 22 million people in the US are in mixed-status households, where at least one undocumented person lives with citizens or lawful temporary immigrants.

Feb 2, 2023 / StudentNation / Yamila Martinez

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