A small group of Republicans has launched an effort to sidestep House Speaker Paul D. Ryan and put immigration legislation on the House floor this year in a bid to secure protections for young undocumented immigrants. ...
Daily Archives: May 10, 2018
The Trump administration shoves Honduran immigrants back into danger
Thanks to President Trump’s recent Twitter-trashing of Honduran asylum seekers in a caravan comprised of a few hundred desperate migrants, mainly women and young people, odds are that a good portion of Americans are at l ...
DHS proposal would change rules for minors in immigration detention
The draft regulations signal that the Trump administration is considering detaining families for longer periods and subjecting unaccompanied minors to increased scrutiny that could make it easier to deport them. They wou ...
How bad is it in the countries these migrants are fleeing from? This bad
Why would a caravan of migrants spend a month trekking across several countries, battling hunger, filth and illness, when their chances of getting US asylum are so slim? ...
Taking Children from Their Parents Is a Form of State Terror
One day, about a month and a half before we left Moscow, as I was about to go on a short book trip, my daughter asked what would happen if social services came while I was away. “Will you go crazy?” she asked. I reassure ...