Tag: immigration

"This is white nationalism being played out in public policy. This is racism being played out in public policy. This is also inhumane."

New Trump administration regulations would dismantle the landmark Flores agreement and allow authorities to release children only to a parent or legal guardian – even if those adult guardians are detained.

Noam Chomsky talks about the Central American caravan and national security adviser John Bolton declaring Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua to be part of a “troika of tyranny” and a “triangle of terror” earlier this month.

"All children deserve to be safe and protected, to live with their parents and their families, and to have their voices heard."

A federal judge in California has temporarily halted Trump’s asylum ban, which attempted to deny asylum to anyone entering the country from outside of a legal port of entry.

At least 20 active members of Migrant Justice have been arrested and detained by ICE.

For the first time, immigrants – all from diverse countries such as El Salvador, Nepal and Sudan – are coming together on the national stage to fight for their rights.

Direct service and solidarity are important, but there’s no “way out of this” without effective advocacy for sweeping systemic and policy change.

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.

Undocumented black migrants are building an informal network to help each other navigate their uncertain immigration status in the U.S.