Questioning Who Counts: The 2020 Census and Citizenship
The census provides crucial demographic data that’s used to allocate resources—and suppressing responses from immigrants and other marginalized communities could have dire consequences.
Immigration
When I Discovered My Town Is Where Immigrant Families Are Separated
A Texas journalist’s investigation revealed the worst and best of America—including the Angry Tías from the community who are providing help.
How the Disappearance of Immigrant Workers Created a Movement in a County That Voted for Trump
This rural community might have agreed with Trump’s anti-immigration policies on paper. But it could not abide their neighbors being taken away.
This Castle in the Desert Provides Respite to Asylum-Seekers
After leaving detention, as many as 300 asylum-seekers find temporary housing in a former monastery before they move onto the next leg of their journey.
How My Mother Inspired Me to Become an Immigration Lawyer
J. J. Mulligan Sepúlveda recalls how his mother’s experience of Pinochet’s Chile influenced his political awakening.
This Program Is Helping Refugees Break Into the Tech Industry
A coding school that grew out of the 2015 refugee crisis in Germany is helping women and people of color prepare for jobs in technology.
Border Wall Trumped by Art and Community
As the U.S. debates the wall, two sister cities divided by the border work to preserve and perpetuate a shared identity.
What Right-Wing Whites Miss When They Talk About Secession
White Americans need immigrants and diversity. That’s not do-gooder talk. It’s math.
12 Photos: What Hope Looks Like for Refugee Camps at the U.S. Border
The caravan movement is sustained by self-organized migrants and the volunteers who stand with them. It’s an organized, mobilized hope.
Grandmothers Bring Food and Comfort to Asylum-Seekers at Bus Stations
Each day at Greyhound stations across the nation, families released from detention and traveling to sponsors’ homes find grandmotherly help.
Why Hondurans See Migration as an Act of Civil Disobedience
In walking out of their country en masse, Hondurans are making a loud, bold statement about the extreme injustices they face at home.
I Walked Right Up to Militarized Police at the Border
Behind the agents, we could see our brothers and sisters watching from the Mexico side of the wall. We could hear them singing.
Dear Activist: The Healing of Handwritten Letters of Thanks
As an immigration attorney, I have reasons to feel defeated every day. I take solace in writing letters.
Europe’s History With Refugees Has Something to Tell the U.S.
Germany, Serbia, and Sweden hosted tens of thousands of migrants three years ago. Can the U.S. take a page from the EU as caravans mass at our border?
To the Children Seeking Asylum in the U.S.: This Is My Wish for You
“That your days may soon change, that the love your parents and relatives feel for you glow inside you to give you strength.”
Para Los Niños de la Caravana de Migrantes: Este Es Mi Deseo Para Ustedes
“Que sus días cambien pronto y que el amor que sus padres y familiares sienten por ustedes brille fuerte dentro de ustedes y les de fuerza.”
What Welcome Really Looks Like: Softening Hearts to a New Generation of Refugees
The story of the Central American refugees is so essentially American that it’s a wonder we can’t recognize how much they belong here.
How to Treat a Stranger in Need: A Moral Response to the Migrant Caravans
Throughout history, the biblical story of Exodus has inspired people around the world fleeing persecution.
Refusing to Hide: Migrants Find Power in Caravans
No longer willing to collude in their oppression, Central Americans are coming to the U.S. in the open and en masse.
How You Can Help as Migrant Caravans Arrive at the U.S. Border
These are steps you can take right now to assist the refugees, who have risked everything to escape extreme poverty, gang violence, and political instability at home.
12 Photos of the Migrant Caravan: Hope and Self-Determination
Photojournalist Rob Wilson has been traveling with the caravans from Central America to document the journey of people looking for a better life.
Telling the Truth as a Means of Healing
A new documentary shows how one state is confronting Native American child removal.
This Isn’t the First Time White Supremacists Have Tried to Cancel Birthright Citizenship
History shows that a broad coalition of civil rights activists is how to fight back.
What It Means to Be a Nation of Immigrants
Pramila Jayapal writes about the Night of 1,000 Conversations, in which more than 2,500 strangers in 28 states gathered to discuss the role of immigration in the country’s past, present, and future.
What Will Climate Change Do to the U.S.-Mexico Border?
Rather than continue on a path to militarize the border, we should consider the alternatives.
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