Immigration

Immigration

Is It Illegal To Cross the United States Border Between Ports-of-Entry?

Lillian Perlmutter / Truthdig Apr 23, 2024 As the media continues to cover "unlawful" crossings, it is important to understand what this really means. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

TD Original

Is the Texas Deportation Law Constitutional?

Bill Blum / Truthdig Apr 10, 2024 Gov. Greg Abbott looks to the ghost of Antonin Scalia to validate his war on the undocumented. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Prison Reform

The Insidiousness of New Digital Tools in the Criminal Legal System

Tamar Sarai / Prism Apr 3, 2024 The expansion of electronic monitoring technology is particularly intrusive when it mimics familiar products, creating a veneer of innocuity shielding monitoring devices from scrutiny. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

Immigration

How White Women Victims Are Used to Stoke Anti-Immigrant Sentiment

Mel Leonor Barclay, Barbara Rodriguez / The 19th Mar 28, 2024 The death of Laken Riley, who Trump called “an American daughter,” is at the center of Republicans' hard-line immigration pitch to voters. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Dig

At the Border in 2024

Lillian Perlmutter / Truthdig Mar 25, 2024 A decade of anti-immigrant rhetoric and unstable, post-pandemic conditions in the Global South have coalesced into a multibillion-dollar, election-year battle to keep poor people in Latin America from accessing the United States. This Dig series seeks to explore: What is it like to traverse this landscape as a migrant, and what would it look like if we opened it all up? Dig deeper

TD Original

In Texas, Migrants Meet a Land of Walls and Wire

Lillian Perlmutter / Truthdig Mar 25, 2024 The state has invested billions into deadly barriers at the border, but asylum seekers still come — in higher numbers than ever. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Film

An Immigrant’s Toy Story

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Mar 7, 2024 Julio Torres’s “Problemista” is an offbeat tale about citizenship and the American Dream in the age of the gig economy. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

TD Interview

The Modern Odyssey of Mass Migration

Ed Rampell / Truthdig Feb 21, 2024 By using the migrant's point of view, director Matteo Garrone's Oscar-nominated "Io Capitano" shows the part of the journey we don't usually see. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Politics

‘Chaos’: GOP Impeaches Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Feb 14, 2024 "When you have no record of accomplishment to run on... this is what you do," said one Texas Democrat. "You put on a circus." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Immigration

Media ‘Border Deal’ Coverage Dehumanizes Immigrants

Adam Johnson / The Real News Network Feb 14, 2024 Immigrants and immigrants’ rights advocates are shut out of the horse race stories about partisan “border” one-upmanship. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Immigration

Disorder on the Border: Texas Takes On the Constitution

Ari Paul / FAIR Jan 30, 2024 Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton are priming the pump for a constitutional crisis over immigration and the mainstream media isn't paying attention. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Immigration

Where Will Refugees Find Safe Haven in 2024?

Rebecca Gordon / TomDispatch Jan 9, 2024 As climate change and war continue to rage, the world's wealthiest countries will find themselves with more migrants than ever seeking shelter at their borders. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )