Immigration Policy

Detention in Washington

More Immigrants Died in Detention in Fiscal Year 2017 Than in Any Year Since 2009 More Immigrants Died in Detention in Fiscal Year 2017 Than in Any Year Since 2009

According to a new report, subpar medical care is contributing to deaths in ICE detention.

Jun 20, 2018 / Michelle Chen

South Texas Family Residential Center

How Private Contractors Enable Trump’s Cruelties at the Border How Private Contractors Enable Trump’s Cruelties at the Border

Private-prison groups and several Fortune 500 companies are profiting off “zero-tolerance” enforcement. 

Jun 20, 2018 / David Dayen

Sister Simone Campbell

Jeff Sessions and Sarah Huckabee Sanders Are Quoting the Bible—and These Nuns Are Not Having It Jeff Sessions and Sarah Huckabee Sanders Are Quoting the Bible—and These Nuns Are Not Having It

“Give me a break,” says Sister Simone Campbell.

Jun 20, 2018 / John Nichols

Family Crisis

Family Crisis Family Crisis

The Trump administration is ripping immigrants’ families apart.

Jun 20, 2018 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Donald Trump Owns Zero Tolerance

Donald Trump Owns Zero Tolerance Donald Trump Owns Zero Tolerance

But both Democrats and Republicans have criminalized immigration.

Jun 20, 2018 / The Nation

Kirstjen Nielsen, Enough With the Lies!

Kirstjen Nielsen, Enough With the Lies! Kirstjen Nielsen, Enough With the Lies!

The Homeland Security secretary’s cavalcade of lies has helped fuel interest in a national day of resistance to Trump’s family-separation policy.

Jun 19, 2018 / Joan Walsh

People hold signs to protest against President Donald Trump's executive order to detain children crossing the southern US border and separating families.

We All Need to Fight to End the Separation of Immigrant Families We All Need to Fight to End the Separation of Immigrant Families

In just five weeks, federal immigration authorities separated more than 2,300 children from their parents.

Jun 19, 2018 / NationAction

How Scapegoating Immigrants Hurts All Workers

How Scapegoating Immigrants Hurts All Workers How Scapegoating Immigrants Hurts All Workers

ICE raided a New Bedford factory in 2007, but the jobs that opened up for other workers didn’t last long.

Jun 19, 2018 / George Goehl

What It’s Like Inside a Border Patrol Facility Where Families Are Being Separated

What It’s Like Inside a Border Patrol Facility Where Families Are Being Separated What It’s Like Inside a Border Patrol Facility Where Families Are Being Separated

The Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy has overwhelmed Ursula, where children sleep in cages, the lights never go off, and detainees are brought in 24 hours a day.

Jun 18, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter

Trump Kim hand on back

In Trump’s ‘Madness,’ A Chance for Peace in Korea: Bruce Cumings In Trump’s ‘Madness,’ A Chance for Peace in Korea: Bruce Cumings

Plus Ahilan Arulanantham on Trump’s family separation policy, and Harold Meyerson on the Democrats’ chances in November.

Jun 14, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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