MARÍA VERZA and SONIA PÉREZ D. / The Associated PressJan 21, 2020
The latest migrant caravan provides a public platform for Mexico to show it will not grant them passage to the U.S. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
MARK SHERMAN / The Associated PressSep 11, 2019
The policy is meant to deny asylum to anyone who passes through another country on the way to the U.S. without seeking protection there. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Marjorie Cohn / TruthdigJul 24, 2019
A new asylum rule is part and parcel of the president's systematic assault on migrants, which plays well with his xenophobic base. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
PETER ORSI and AMY GUTHRIE / The Associated PressJun 26, 2019
A searing photograph shows the bodies of a father and his daughter, who tried to swim to the U.S. after attempts to seek asylum were frustrated. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
JILL COLVIN, COLLEEN LONG and MARIA VERZA / The Associated PressJun 10, 2019
Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard asserts that there are no undisclosed agreements. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN / The Associated PressJun 9, 2019
A U.S.-Mexico pact announced Friday may mean that more migrants will be sent back to Mexico to await resolution of their asylum claims. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
ANDREW TAYLOR / The Associated PressJun 3, 2019
The measure has been stalled for months by infighting, misjudgment and a presidential feud with Democrats. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman and Denis MoynihanApr 11, 2019
The effort to challenge Trump's policies got a bit harder with the death at age 89 of Blase Bonpane, a lifelong peace activist. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
COLLEEN LONG and JILL COLVIN / The Associated PressApr 5, 2019
The president unexpectedly removes acting director Ron Vitiello from consideration as permanent head of ICE; no replacement has been named. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
JONATHAN LEMIRE, NOMAAN MERCHANT and COLLEEN LONG / The Associated PressMar 30, 2019
The president moves to slash U.S. assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras as a way to curb illegal immigration. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatchJan 23, 2019
The U.S. needs to confront the reality of children in crisis if we are ever to understand that global ills can’t be kept outside our borders. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
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