Immigration

Texas Awards Biggest Border Wall Contract Yet to Trump-Tied Firm

Justin Miller / Texas Observer Jan 12, 2023 A Trump-tied firm with limited experience was awarded the largest border wall contract yet by the Texas government. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Tucson Voters Reject Sanctuary City Measure, Elect First Latina Mayor

The Associated Press Nov 6, 2019 One of Arizona’s most liberal cities votes down an initiative by activists motivated by the Trump administration’s treatment of immigrants. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Is Not the First Xenophobe to Lead America

Adam Hochschild / TomDispatch Aug 15, 2019 About 100 years ago, a flood of angry rhetoric and fear of immigrants reminiscent of today's scare tactics poured out of the White House. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Trump Administration Poetry in Motion (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Aug 15, 2019 Now the Trump crew is rewriting the Statue of Liberty’s poem. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Trump Tees Off

Randall Enos / Easton, CT Jul 29, 2019 Dig deeper

Child Detentions Are Part of a Terrifying Larger Plan

Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch Jul 28, 2019 The Trump administration's willingness to leave children unprotected is not merely a byproduct of clumsy actions by the border police force. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Crucial Congressional Hearing That No One Watched

Eoin Higgins / Common Dreams Jul 25, 2019 As political observers focus on the Robert Mueller hearings, another hearing down the hall reveals the Trump era's real victims. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump Will Soon Obliterate the Right to Asylum

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Jul 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 )

Migrant Children

Randall Enos / Easton, CT Jul 17, 2019 Dig deeper

Thousands of Children Will Be Made Homeless Under Trump’s New Plan

Rose Ramirez and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad / OtherWords Jul 17, 2019 A proposed rule would strip housing benefits from U.S. citizens if they’re found to have family members with the "wrong" immigration status. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump’s Census Gambit Is Part of a Sinister Strategy

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Jul 14, 2019 After having to give up on adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, Trump sends a chilling reminder of the other tools at his disposal. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Thousands of U.S. Citizens Have Been Mistakenly Detained or Deported

Cassandra Burke Robertson and Irina D. Manta / The Conversation Jul 8, 2019 Between 2007 and 2015, more than 1,500 Americans spent time in immigration detention before the government acknowledged its mistake. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )