House Sends Trump $4.6-Billion Border Bill, Yielding to Senate

ANDREW TAYLOR and ALAN FRAM / The Associated Press Jun 27, 2019 Die-hard liberals lose a battle with the White House, the GOP-held Senate and Democratic moderates. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Danger of Poeticizing Horror While Bearing Witness

By Helen Mackreath / Los Angeles Review of Books Jun 21, 2019 Carolyn Forché grapples with what constitutes “poetry of witness” in a memoir about El Salvador on the brink of civil war in the late 1970s. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Trump’s Vicious Crusade Against Asylum-Seekers Is About to Get Worse

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Apr 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 )

Trump Seeks to Cut Foreign Aid to 3 Central American Nations

JONATHAN LEMIRE, NOMAAN MERCHANT and COLLEEN LONG / The Associated Press Mar 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 )

Ilhan Omar Makes Convicted War Criminal Elliott Abrams Squirm

Naomi LaChance / Truthdig Feb 13, 2019 The Minnesota representative presses Trump’s new Venezuela envoy on his human rights record. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Trump Administration Is Breaking Up Families Because It Can

LAURA C. MOREL / Reveal Jan 31, 2019 A Salvadoran father provided evidence that he's not a member of the MS-13 gang. The U.S. government separated him from his children anyway. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Senate Sets Up Showdown Votes on Shutdown Plans

ALAN FRAM and ANDREW TAYLOR / The Associated Press Jan 22, 2019 Senate leaders agree to vote on dueling proposals: Side with the president or vote to temporarily end the shutdown and keep negotiating. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Former MS-13 Member Who Secretly Helped Police Is Deported

Hannah Dreier / ProPublica Jan 22, 2019 An immigration judge said he was “very sympathetic” to the teenager who cooperated with authorities, but still rejected his plea for asylum. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Immigrant Child Reunited With Family in El Salvador, but Life Is Different Now

Ginger Thompson / ProPublica Dec 29, 2018 Taken by U.S. immigration agents, placed in foster care and then sent back to his home country, a 6-year-old boy struggles to adjust. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

6-Year-Old in Immigration Court Tells Judge He Wants to Go Home

Eva Ruth Moravec / ProPublica Dec 15, 2018 The law puts the decision to return to his family in El Salvador in his hands. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Caravan Migrants Arrive in Mexico City, Bed Down in Stadium

SONIA PEREZ D., MARK STEVENSON, and MARIA VERZA / The Associated Press Nov 5, 2018 On Monday, still hundreds of miles from the U.S., 2,000-plus migrants are given shelter at Jesus Martinez stadium. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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The Really Dangerous Caravan (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Oct 25, 2018 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )