Immigration

Clashes Erupt on Greece-Turkey Border as Migrants Seek Entry

COSTAS KANTOURIS and SUZAN FRASER / The Associated Press Mar 4, 2020 Greece fires tear gas and stun grenades on crowds seeking refuge after Turkey declares its previously guarded gateways to Europe open. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Set to Hear Arguments on Rapid Deportation

MARK SHERMAN / The Associated Press Feb 29, 2020 The Trump administration seeks a ruling it could potentially use to deport millions of people, even those arrested far from the border. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Court Puts Breaks on Move to Make Asylum Seekers Wait in Mexico

ELLIOT SPAGAT / The Associated Press Feb 28, 2020 While it may only be temporary, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling is a major setback for Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Court Sides With Trump in ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Grant Fight

LARRY NEUMEISTER / The Associated Press Feb 26, 2020 The decision conflicts with those by three other federal appeals courts. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump’s Immigration Policy Amounts to Torture

Ilana Novick / Truthdig Feb 25, 2020 A new report from Physicians for Human Rights lays out the traumatic effects of child separation. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The FBI Is Investigating Massive Embezzlement in Border Patrol

A.C. Thompson and Jeff Ernsthausen / ProPublica Feb 25, 2020 Some $500,000 have been siphoned from the union's El Paso chapter, raising new questions about lawlessness within the organization's ranks. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Time for Both Major Parties to Own the Immigration Crisis

By Brian Concannon / Independent Media Institute Feb 24, 2020 The relative lack of talk on the campaign trail about immigration points to a bigger problem shared by Democrats and Republicans. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Crackdown on Immigrants Who Use Public Benefits Takes Effect

ANITA SNOW / The Associated Press Feb 24, 2020 Droves of immigrants, including citizens and legal residents, drop social services out of fear they will be kicked out of the U.S. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Zionist Colonization of Palestine

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 24, 2020 For more than a century Zionists and, later, Israelis have pursued a project to seize and ethnically cleanse Palestinian land. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Homeland Security Waives Contracting Laws for Border Wall

ELLIOT SPAGAT / The Associated Press Feb 18, 2020 This marks the first time waivers have applied to federal procurement rules. Previously ones waived environmental impact reviews. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump Has Built an Ecological Dystopia Along the Border

Kelsey Yule / OtherWords Feb 13, 2020 Blowing up mountains, bulldozing sacred sites, guzzling groundwater—these are just some of the things Trump's is doing to border ecosystems. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Meet the ‘Mafia’ That Plunged the Border Patrol Into Crisis

Melissa del Bosque / ProPublica Feb 11, 2020 A group of high-ranking agents dubbed "the Douglas Mafia" retired one by one, leaving corruption, misconduct and a toxic culture in their wake. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )