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May 1, 2024
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Felipe De La Hoz
The Racist Origins of America’s Broken Immigration System
How a little-known, century-old law perpetuated the odious notion that certain types of immigrants degrade our nation’s character
February 28, 2024
Jack McCordick
Why We Should Open U.S. Borders
John Washington has spent years reporting on the U.S.-Mexico border. In a new book, he makes the case for its abolition.
August 24, 2023
Aina Marzia
Their School Days Start With Customs Officers—and Searing Heat
For the thousands of kids who cross the U.S.-Mexico border each day for school, hotter days are making a fraught experience more uncomfortable—and dangerous.
November 25, 2020
Laura Weiss
The Government’s Human Cruelty Will Outlive Trump
Immigration agencies won’t suddenly clean up their act when the president leaves office. What’s Biden going to do about their systemic abuses?
January 7, 2020
Aaron Miguel Cantú
How Democrats Abetted Trump’s Bloated Border Regime
Congress has funneled billions of dollars to the White House's anti-immigration enforcement arms. Here's how that money has been spent.
September 12, 2019
Aaron Miguel Cantú
Inside Trump’s Border Chaos
Thousands of asylum-seekers were released into towns and cities near the border, straining local resources. Was the resulting havoc a product of negligence, incompetence, or something more sinister?
May 31, 2018
Matt Ford
Cruelty Is Trump’s Only Immigration Policy
The president is inflicting harm for the sake of inflicting harm.
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