Monthly Archives: May 2022

About 100,000 undocumented young people will graduate from high school this year. They cannot apply for DACA because the Trump administration shut down new applications and Trump-appointed judges have kept that prohibition in force. They do not have work authorization. … Continue reading →

Republicans in Congress tried but failed to get enough votes to stop new asylum screening procedures. The new procedures are limited, inadequate, and likely to be sabotaged by Border Patrol officers. Still, they are an improvement over the previous lack of … Continue reading →

Despite the enormous number of migrants who are summarily expelled, those who are admitted must land somewhere when they come to the United States. That often means private shelters for those allowed to stay after crossing the border, and those … Continue reading →

A federal judge ordered last week that the Title 42 bar must remain in effect. That leaves tens of thousands of asylum seekers in dangerous situations in Mexico. The order will not stop others from trying to cross to safety.  … Continue reading →

As expected, a Louisiana federal district judge ordered the Title 42 bar to asylum seekers and other migrants to remain in effect. It’s a bad decision, both morally and legally, and an appeal must follow. But for now, the Trump-appointed … Continue reading →

The Title 42 ban on asylum seekers and other migrants began under the Trump administration and continued under the Biden administration. The Centers for Disease Control caved in to Trump administration pressure and imposed the ban, despite their own medical … Continue reading →

The Centro de Recursos para Migrantes, or Migrant Resource Center, a two-story building just outside the gate of the border wall at Agua Prieta, helps migrants who are expelled back to Mexico. Many U.S. religious groups send volunteers to help the … Continue reading →

U.S. immigration policy: racist since the beginning. Racist immigration attitudes mesh with anti-black racism and with anti-Semitism. Sometimes the connection is brazen and obvious, sometimes less overt, but it is almost always there. Groups, politicians, and propagandists may claim that … Continue reading →

The “great replacement theory” espoused by the white nationalist murderer who targeted and killed 10 African Americans in Buffalo is not new. That’s the same theory cited by the racist, anti-immigrant shooter who killed 23 people in an El Paso, … Continue reading →

Haitians seeking asylum are in the news today, with 200th U.S. deportation flight since September 2021 and the tragic deaths at sea of at least 11 would-be migrants near Puerto Rico. The United States has now barred asylum seekers for … Continue reading →