Abolishing Child Migrant Jails Is the Least We Can Do

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Jun 30, 2019 Debating the fate of jailed migrant children is important, but the life-and-death crisis that they have been thrown into demands immediate action. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

House Progressives Vow to Oppose All Funding for ‘Hateful Border Agenda’

John Quelly / Common Dreams Jun 23, 2019 A group of Democrats promise to pull their support from legislation proposed by their own party that would provide billions for border security. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Ocasio-Cortez Is Right—We Are Running Concentration Camps

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Jun 20, 2019 The Congress member is under fire for using the term to describe holding facilities for refugees and other undocumented entrants into the U.S. Dig deeper ( 4 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 )

The Bottomless Cruelty of the U.S-Mexico Border

William deBuys / TomDispatch Mar 27, 2019 U.S. policies add unnecessary meanness to the innate hurt of the dividing line we share with our southern neighbor. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Trump Is Destroying the Very Concept of U.S. Citizenship

Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch Mar 25, 2019 The president may never build his “great, great wall,” but that doesn’t mean he isn’t working to wall Americans in. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Trump Budget Sets Up Another Battle Over Wall Funding

LISA MASCARO / The Associated Press Mar 10, 2019 The president is reviving the recent fight by seeking $8.6 billion for a U.S-Mexico wall while proposing steep cuts to other domestic programs. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Wall Isn’t the Worst of Trump’s Immigration Policies

Karla Molinar-Arvizo / OtherWords Mar 9, 2019 Funding the agencies that detain, abuse, deport and sometimes kill migrants needs to be every bit as toxic as funding the border wall. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Is Telling Racists Exactly What They Want to Hear About the Border

Greg Grandin / TomDispatch Mar 6, 2019 According to the president, the U.S. needs a protective wall to prevent sex traffickers from driving bound women into the country. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Solving the Border and China Problems in One Swell Foop

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Mar 5, 2019 We have two intractable issues, one intractable president and an intractable world, but what if that weren’t so? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

It’s A Wall Emergency! (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Feb 21, 2019 Well, Trump’s emergency declaration is here—time to get ready for ripping off funding from military construction and anti-drug trafficking activities, hooray! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Negotiations Hit Snag as Shutdown Deadline Approaches

JONATHAN LEMIRE and ALAN FRAM / The Associated Press Feb 11, 2019 As the White House refuses to rule out another shutdown, negotiators clash over a new hurdle for a border security compromise in Congress. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )