Immigration Policy

Gimme Shelter Gimme Shelter

Immigrants facing deportation find shelter with the religious New Sanctuary Movement.

Feb 7, 2008 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

Divided States Divided States

A patchwork of local laws reflects the complicated, contradictory national debate over immigration policy.

Dec 20, 2007 / Feature / Peter Schrag

Showdown at the DMV Showdown at the DMV

The debate in New York State over driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants became a proxy for the unsettled issue of immigration reform.

Nov 21, 2007 / The Editors

Israel Turns its Back on Sudanese Refugees Israel Turns its Back on Sudanese Refugees

Abandoning Israel's longstanding commitment to those fleeing persecution, the Olmert government is deporting refugees back to Sudan, where they may face torture and death.

Nov 20, 2007 / Feature / Ben Lynfield

Immigrant Drivers License Plan Unravels Immigrant Drivers License Plan Unravels

New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer had a good idea about how to issue driver's licenses to undocumented workers. Too bad he caved.

Nov 14, 2007 / Andrea Batista Schlesinger and Amy Traub

Fukú Americanus Fukú Americanus

Junot Díaz's masterful new novel maps the ambiguities in the modern immigrant experience in America.

Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

A mobile home park in ruins after the 2007 Harris Fire in California.

People Burn Here People Burn Here

Immigrants are the invisible victims of the California wildfires.

Nov 1, 2007 / Mike Davis

Unseen Victims of California Fires Unseen Victims of California Fires

Undocumented immigrants who have survived for years living along San Diego's hillsides and canyons now find themselves left out of relief efforts in the Southern California fires.

Oct 26, 2007 / Feature / Amanda Martinez

Guest Workers in a Strange Land Guest Workers in a Strange Land

Would a vastly expanded guest worker program benefit illegal immigrants? Just ask a guest worker.

Oct 26, 2007 / Feature / Deepa Fernandes

Bush’s Immigration Clampdown Crimped Bush’s Immigration Clampdown Crimped

A federal judge in San Francisco has put on hold new Homeland Security regulations designed to crack down on illegal immigrants in the workplace.

Aug 22, 2007 / Feature / David Bacon

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