Immigration Policy

Mexico Border Migrant Camp

Daniel Foote’s Resignation Resounds Like Thunder Daniel Foote’s Resignation Resounds Like Thunder

The departing special envoy to Haiti undiplomatically tells the truth about US policy.

Sep 24, 2021 / Column / Amy Wilentz

Biden Wasn’t Elected to Scold Racist Border Agents—He Was Elected to Stop Them

Biden Wasn’t Elected to Scold Racist Border Agents—He Was Elected to Stop Them Biden Wasn’t Elected to Scold Racist Border Agents—He Was Elected to Stop Them

The White House bears full responsibility for the Border Patrol agents caught whipping Haitian migrants at the US-Mexico border.

Sep 23, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Tents of asylum-seekers at the Southern border of the US

Global Vaccine Inequity Could Make Migration Harder Than Ever Global Vaccine Inequity Could Make Migration Harder Than Ever

Migrants are facing even more restrictions in the Covid era—and thanks to lack of vaccine access in lower-income countries, they will be less likely to meet them.

Sep 15, 2021 / Abdullah Shihipar

Protesters holds sign

I’m a Legal Asylum Seeker. Why Can’t I Work? I’m a Legal Asylum Seeker. Why Can’t I Work?

Trump-era regulations are forcing asylum seekers like me to beg for help.

Aug 30, 2021 / Anonymous

The Groundbreaking Decision That Just Struck a Blow to Our Racist Immigration Laws

The Groundbreaking Decision That Just Struck a Blow to Our Racist Immigration Laws The Groundbreaking Decision That Just Struck a Blow to Our Racist Immigration Laws

Nearly 100 years ago, Congress passed a law making it a felony to reenter the US after being deported. Now a judge has found it too racist to be allowed.

Aug 20, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Extreme Heat Is Making Farmworkers’ Dangerous Jobs Even Harder

Extreme Heat Is Making Farmworkers’ Dangerous Jobs Even Harder Extreme Heat Is Making Farmworkers’ Dangerous Jobs Even Harder

In California, migrant workers in the country on H-2A visas are laboring through heat, atrocious housing, and other afflictions.

Aug 13, 2021 / Photo Essay / David Bacon

Chinese miners in California, c. 1862

The Anti-Asian Roots of Today’s Anti-Immigrant Politics The Anti-Asian Roots of Today’s Anti-Immigrant Politics

Long before Trump, politicians on the country’s West Coast mobilized a white working-class base through violent hate of Chinese and Japanese immigrants.

Aug 9, 2021 / Feature / Mari Uyehara

Voting rights

New York City’s Radical Proposal for Noncitizen Voting New York City’s Radical Proposal for Noncitizen Voting

The “Our City, Our Vote” bill would add almost 1 million new potential voters to the rolls—the largest addition of voters in this country in half a century.

Jul 30, 2021 / John Washington

Military Coronavirus

What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Viruses? What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Viruses?

As in previous pandemics, a rise in xenophobic, nationalistic, and militaristic language has returned amid the Covid-19 crisis.

Jul 29, 2021 / StudentNation / Zoya Qureshi

Biden’s New Immigration Plan Is Already Outdated

Biden’s New Immigration Plan Is Already Outdated Biden’s New Immigration Plan Is Already Outdated

Migration is a cure for economic crisis—not a cause of it.

Jul 22, 2021 / Aviva Chomsky

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