Editorial Cartoons

Asylum Seekers

Adam Zyglis Aug 21, 2023 Dig deeper

Americas

After Murders in Matamoros, the Gulf Cartel Spins an Apology

Philip Luke Johnson / NACLA Mar 22, 2023 Narco-messages are fairly common, and just as often, not sincere. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Immigration

Biden May Keep Asylum Out of Reach

Adam Isacson / WOLA Feb 28, 2023 How the Biden administration may keep asylum out of reach after Title 42. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Immigration

Clamping Down on Asylum-Seekers

Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Feb 22, 2023 New Biden rule denounced as 'Trump's Asylum Ban Under a Different Name.' Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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 )

Immigration

The Asylum-Blocking Policies Continue

Sergio Ortiz Borbolla / WOLA Jan 6, 2023 Now policies of the U.S. and Mexican governments are sure to place asylum seekers into the hands of criminal groups waiting to prey on them. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Immigration

No Safe Haven

Stephanie Brewer / Washington Office on Latin America Dec 19, 2022 With few ways to legally enter the United States and no way to safely return home, asylum seekers are stranded at the US-Mexico border. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Politics

The Dispossessed

John Washington and Anna-Catherine Brigida / Texas Observer Dec 8, 2022 The Biden administration has neither halted family separations nor compensated past victims of the practice. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Immigration

Mexico’s War Against Migrants

Dawn Paley / Truthdig Nov 14, 2022 Andrés Manuel López Obrador campaigned on a promise to humanize migrant policy in Mexico and Central America. What happened? Dawn Paley investigates. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Tear Gas Sprayed Across Migrants at Turkey-Greece Border

MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and SUZAN FRASER / The Associated Press Mar 7, 2020 EU leaders accuse Erdogan's government of using the refugees' desperation "for political purposes" as open-borders policy causes rush. 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 )

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 )