Tag: Asylum
‘Invasion’ by caravan and the future of mass migration
One thing we can be sure of is that the mainstream corporate press has no interest in covering these issues at all, at least until they can no longer be ignored.
Asylum seekers win in court as federal judge rules against indefinite...
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled asylum seekers who have passed a credible fear interview should be given humanitarian parole, not indefinite detention.
US turned away thousands of Haitian asylum-seekers and detained hundreds more...
When the U.S. detained Haitian refugees indefinitely, it set a precedent.
Inside the crowdfunding campaign to reunite a family separated at the...
In response to the support she has received, Gonzalez-Garcia said, “Thank you, thank you so much. I won’t be able to pay you all back, but you’ll receive blessings from God.”
Asylum seekers on US-Mexico border are waiting for days in the...
Democracy Now! went to the international bridge in Brownsville, Texas, and found asylum seekers waiting for days in the hot sun after being told the United States was full.
Jennifer Harbury: Today’s refugee crisis Is blowback from US dirty wars...
"The United States has everything to do with the creation of the monsters that are driving the refugees up to our border."
Today’s US-Mexico ‘border crisis’ in 6 charts
If there is a crisis, it is in my view a human rights crisis.
World to refugees: Go to hell
Over 22.5 million people have been forced to flee their countries. Last year, less than 200,000 were resettled.
‘Horrific:’ Sessions says survivors of domestic and gang violence will no...
"In what world does the United States turn its back on people who have suffered persecution, trauma, and extreme distress from domestic or gang violence?"
Unjust and Dysfunctional: Asylum in the UK
In its current, intensely bureaucratic form, the asylum process – particularly for people who are frightened of official agencies with their endless forms and impersonal approach – is at best intimidating, at worse dysfunctional.
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The actual Gavin Newsom is much worse than you think
For anyone who wants a truly progressive Democratic Party, Gavin Newsom is bad news.
Senators probe Equifax over plans to profit from Medicaid and SNAP work requirements
Warren, Wyden, and Sanders are demanding disclosures from Equifax as new federal work requirements threaten to strip healthcare and food assistance from millions while expanding the company’s already dominant income verification business.
Trump’s Board of Peace is a dystopia in motion
If any entity requires immediate disarmament and deradicalization, it is Trump and his so-called Executive Board.
The digital media oligarchy: Who owns online news?
Even Bagdikian’s later editions, written at the dawn of the internet, could not fully anticipate how profoundly digital technology would reconfigure the media oligarchy.
DHS warehouse jail plan signals historic expansion of immigration detention
Documents and reporting reveal a sweeping plan to convert warehouses and deploy military contracting to rapidly expand immigration jails across the United States.