Texas’ White Guy History Project
The 1836 Project—the GOP's taxpayer-funded "patriotic education"—will indoctrinate unsuspecting domestic migrants with fables about Texas history.
Immigration
The River, At Night
Where the Rio Grande narrows, migrants take their chance.
Resisting the Allure of Innocence
As the Biden administration works to reunite families who were separated at the border, it’s time to write a new narrative about who deserves protection.
The Supreme Court Upholds a Federal Judge’s Order to Reinstate “Remain in Mexico”
The Migrant Protection Protocols program has been widely condemned by immigrant advocates as harmful to the safety of migrants and to their right to seek asylum.
For Greg Abbott, All the Border’s a Stage
But political theater can still get people hurt.
Undocumented Immigrants Continue to Be Expelled From the U.S. Under Title 42 COVID-19 Measures
The Trump-era public health order was issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2020 and calls for rapid expulsion of migrants and asylum seekers without the right to trial, citing COVID-19.
Deaths in ICE Custody Skyrocketed During the COVID-19 Pandemic
A new report shows Texas led the nation with seven deaths among immigration detainees from 2018-2020.
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El ducto del coronavirus
Las deportaciones estadounidenses de migrantes han exportado Covid-19 a Guatemala y han provocado miedo, caos y el colapso de los ya frágiles servicios de salud.
The Coronavirus Pipeline
U.S. deportations of migrants have exported COVID-19 to Guatemala and prompted fear, chaos, and a collapse of already fragile health services.
‘After the Last Border’ Reveals the Human Cost of Trump’s Draconian Immigration Policies
A new book from Austin writer Jessica Goudeau shows that U.S. refugee resettlement policy has always shifted with the political winds of change.