Death in the Desert
Migrants’ bodies pile up in New Mexico after Texas cracks down in the sprawling El Paso sector.
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Attacked in Mexico, Returned to Mexico: Trump Policy Ignores Danger to Asylum-Seekers
The Migrant Protection Protocols are failing to protect migrants from imminent kidnapping and violence.
Migrants at Laredo Tent Court Tell Stories of Kidnappings and Violence While Pleading Not to Be Returned to Mexico
Under Trump’s Migrant Protection Protocols, asylum-seekers have been waiting for their hearings in Mexico. Many aren’t making it back to court.
Journalists Blocked from Attending Secretive Immigration Tent Courts
Normally, the press can observe immigration court proceedings. But journalists are being turned away from the first asylum hearings in Laredo under the Migrant Protection Protocols.
The Consequence of Trump’s New Family Detention Rules
The Trump administration announced a new rule allowing for indefinite detention of migrant families. Game theory suggests it won’t end well.
In Nuevo Laredo, Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program Feels Chaotic and Dangerous
It’s also kind of working.
How Trump Shredded What Little Protection Our System Offers Migrant Kids
The administration uses emergency exceptions to break government rules for detaining migrant minors. What happens when that becomes the norm?
Migrant Children are Our Children
Amid a spike in asylum-seekers from India, a 6-year-old girl named Gurupreet Kaur died in the desert. We must do better on behalf of every migrant child.
Uncaged Art
Finding life and light in art from detention.
Valeria Luiselli’s Third Novel Reckons with the Trauma Inflicted on Migrant Kids
Lost Children Archive is not only an indictment of U.S. immigration policy, but a requiem memorializing every child who has ever lost their right to a childhood.