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Immigration
A New Documentary Depicts the Human Toll of Migrant Deaths
By Jasmine Aguilera
Kidnapped & Separated From Her Child. A Mom's Border Journey
By Jasmine Aguilera
'Remain in Mexico' Winds Down, More Than 4,600 Are Left Out
By Jasmine Aguilera
ICE To End the Use of Facility in Hysterectomy Controversy
By Jasmine Aguilera
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Immigration
Exclusive: Trump Created an Office That Highlighted Immigrant Crime. Biden's DHS Plans to Keep It
In January 2017, one of Donald Trump's first moves as President was to create a new office that highlighted crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. For four years, the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement office, known...
By Vera Bergengruen
June 3, 2021
Unaccompanied Children at the Border Doubled in March
Officials at the U.S.-Mexico border saw a 100% increase in the number of migrant children arriving alone from February to March, data shows.
By Jasmine Aguilera
April 9, 2021
What's Happening to Unaccompanied Minors at the Border?
Here's what to know about the unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, and how the government has responded.
By Jasmine Aguilera
April 2, 2021
Foster Families Are Stepping Up for Children at Border
The rise of unaccompanied migrant children at the border is a challenge for agencies having to rebuild gutted systems to shelter them
By Jasmine Aguilera
March 21, 2021
Inside the Program that Helps Pregnant Asylum-Seekers
Xiomara was already having labor pains when she presented herself to U.S. Border Patrol officials to make a claim for asylum. She had fled gang violence in El Salvador six months earlier, working under the...
By Jasmine Aguilera
March 7, 2021
Asylum Seekers Stuck in Mexico To Begin Transition Into U.S.
The Biden Administration plans to begin processing asylum seekers stuck in Mexico under Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy starting Feb. 19.
By Jasmine Aguilera
February 16, 2021
What to Know About Biden's Immigration Executive Orders
the Biden Administration announced three immigration executive orders ahead of a swearing in ceremony for the new DHS secretary
By Jasmine Aguilera
April 30, 2021
Judge Temporarily Blocks Biden’s 100-Day Freeze on Deportations
A judge granted a restraining order that temporarily blocks President Biden’s 100-day freeze on most deportations for 14 days.
By Jasmine Aguilera
January 28, 2021
The Legacy of Trump's Border Wall
Trump visited the U.S./Mexico border in his first public appearance since Jan. 6. Here's what to know about the legacy of his border wall.
By Jasmine Aguilera
January 12, 2021
Women Provide Testimony Alleging Medical Abuse By ICE Doctor
The lawsuit on behalf of 14 women alleges Amin performed unnecessary and nonconsensual medical procedures on them as far back as 2018.
By Jasmine Aguilera
December 23, 2020
DACA Has Been Fully Reinstated. Here's Why
The government began officially accepting new DACA applications after a judge fully reinstated the program. Here's what that means
By Jasmine Aguilera
January 22, 2021
U.S. Shares Formerly Undisclosed Data on Separated Parents
The government has shared previously undisclosed data with those locating the parents of children who were separated at the border.
By Jasmine Aguilera
December 9, 2020
Inside Mental Health Care For Families Separated at the Border
Families separated at the border were traumatized. Accessing mental health care is an uphill battle
By Jasmine Aguilera
November 30, 2020
What a Biden Administration Means for U.S. Immigration Policy
President-elect Joe Biden has promised to undo most, if not all of President Trump's changes to immigration, but when and how will be complicated.
By Jasmine Aguilera
April 30, 2021
Asylum Seekers With Disabilities Challenge Trump Admin's MPP
A class action lawsuit filed Monday by asylum seekers with physical disabilities or mental health conditions challenges the Trump Administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy.
By Jasmine Aguilera
November 2, 2020
Trump Defends Family Separation Policy at Debate
President Donald Trump defended his Administration's decision to separate migrant children from their parents
By Lissandra Villa
April 30, 2021
Asylum Seekers Miss Deadlines Due to COVID-19
Stuck in Mexico, asylum hearings postponed indefinitely, and without access to a mailbox, many have missed their one-year deadline to submit their applications for asylum.
By Jasmine Aguilera
September 26, 2020
ICE Detains Kids Despite Court Order, COVID-19
120 children remain in ICE detention despite court order for them to be released due to COVID-19 concerns
By Jasmine Aguilera
August 17, 2020
'Family Separation 2.0'
Parents in ICE custody must choose to either give up their kids, or keep them in detention as COVID-19 cases increase in the agency's facilities
By Jasmine Aguilera
July 28, 2020
Inside the Effort to Get ICE Detainees Released
From protests, to lawsuits, calls to abolish ICE and release people from detention have become more urgent amid the COVID-19 pandemic
By Jasmine Aguilera
April 30, 2021
'Devastating Upheaval'
International students say they are fearful after new federal guidance could require them to leave the U.S. if their schools switch to an all-online curriculum
By Sanya Mansoor
April 30, 2021
DACA Recipients Celebrate Supreme Court Ruling
"Dreamers" talked to TIME about the Supreme Court ruling in favor of keeping the DACA program in place—for now
By Jasmine Aguilera
April 30, 2021
The Supreme Court Has Sided With DACA Recipients, For Now
The ruling decided that the Trump Administration didn't properly pursue an end to the program, and said the Administration could try again
By Jasmine Aguilera
April 30, 2021
U.K. Government Announces New 'Points-Based' Immigration System, Mandating Foreign Workers Prove They 'Can Speak English'
Boris Johnson’s government unveiled plans to end what it called the U.K.’s dependence on “cheap low-skilled labor” and deliver on its pledge to halt freedom of movement from the European Union after Brexit. Under a...
By Olivia Konotey-Ahulu / Bloomberg
April 30, 2021
CBP Commissioner: U.S. Border Officers 'Overzealous' In Detaining Iranian Nationals, Iranian-American Citizens
At least 200 travelers of Iranian descent were detained at the U.S.-Canada border in January, after the U.S. ordered a drone strike that killed one of the country's top generals, prompting retaliation with an attack...
By Mahita Gajanan
February 12, 2020
Justice Dept. Announces Lawsuits Over Immigration Policies
On the same day, New York officials sued the White House for blocking trusted traveler programs
By Jasmine Aguilera
February 10, 2020
Michigan State University Student Sent Back to Iran
"They just told him that he was inadmissible"
By Tara Law
January 28, 2020
What to Know About Trump's New 'Birth Tourism' Rule
Would this new restriction impact pregnant women with genuine medical needs? It will come down to how individual counselors enforce it
By Madeleine Carlisle
April 30, 2021
Northeastern University Student Sent Back to Iran Despite Valid Visa, Judge's Order As Immigration Attorneys Warn of 'Troubling' Pattern
Immigration officials revoked the student's visa when he arrived in Boston
By Katie Reilly
April 30, 2021
The Complicated Truth About What U.S. Citizenship Means Today
The first time I saw the Statue of Liberty was 25 years ago, from a noisy ferry that brought me and hundreds of other eager tourists across New York Harbor. Back then I was a...
By Laila Lalami
April 30, 2021
Border Apprehensions Decline For 7th Month In a Row
Apprehensions at the border have declined for the 7th month, according to CBP data released Thursday. The reasons why are complicated
By Jasmine Aguilera
January 11, 2020
Refugees Fleeing Nazi Germany Reshaped Hollywood. This Forgotten Woman Helped Make It Possible
An estimated ten thousand refugees from Germany and Austria settled in greater Los Angeles between 1933 and 1941
By Donna Rifkind
April 30, 2021
Ellis Island Welcomed Thousands to America—But It Was Also a Detention Center
As many as 12 million people are thought to have first stepped foot in the United States through Ellis Island’s immigration offices, which opened on Jan. 1, 1892
By César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández
January 2, 2020
'No Misconduct' In Cases of 2 Kids Who Died in DHS Custody
Office of the Inspector General says 'no misconduct' found after 7 and 8-year-old died in U.S. Border Patrol custody in December 2018.
By Jasmine Aguilera
December 21, 2019
A Child Needed Surgery in the U.S., Gov't Sent Her To Mexico
It was supposed to be a journey that would save her life, when U.S. immigration officials brought a 7-year-old girl named Ajlee from an asylum-seekers' camp in the Mexican border city of Matamoros to an...
By Jasmine Aguilera
December 21, 2019
Trump's Anti-Abortion and Anti-Immigration Policies May Share a Goal
As a candidate, Donald Trump promised to restrict abortion and immigration. As President, he has delivered on these promises. He has stacked the federal bench with conservative judges hostile to reproductive rights. He has emboldened...
By Reva Siegel
April 30, 2021
The WWII Incarceration of Japanese Americans Stretched Beyond U.S. Borders
The U.S. government orchestrated the roundup of people of Japanese descent in 12 Latin American countries, citing “hemispheric security"
By Erika Lee
December 9, 2019
ICE Deports Worker Injured in New Orleans Hotel Collapse
Activists have suggested his arrest was related to complaints he made about the site
By Madeleine Carlisle
November 30, 2019
Additional 1,300 Migrant Children Might Have Been Separated From Parents
An additional 1,300 children might have been separated from their parents by the U.S. government, but were not properly tracked due to "widespread errors"
By Jasmine Aguilera
November 27, 2019
"It's Heartbreaking for Us." Syrian Students' Struggle to Study in the U.S.
Only the brightest kids in the world get into MIT. This fall the class of 2023 had students from all 50 states and 127 foreign countries. If you’re looking for statistics about admission, MIT has...
By Maeve Higgins
December 1, 2019
'Nine Justices Deciding Your Fate': Young Immigrants Face Uncertainty as the Supreme Court Considers Ending DACA
"A court isn’t going to tell us that we deserve basic human decency"
By Katie Reilly
November 14, 2019
Prosecuted for Helping Migrants
Scott Warren gazes at the desert stretching from Ajo’s palm-studded town plaza to Mexico. Warren credits this scrubby land of rattlesnakes, tarantulas and cacti with transforming him from a university lecturer to a humanitarian aid...
By Jasmine Aguilera/Ajo, Arizona
April 30, 2021
Why We Took Our Fight for DACA Recipients All the Way to the Supreme Court
Talent, from every source and background, is the lifeblood of innovation. As the presidents of Microsoft and Princeton University, we have seen firsthand how participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program contribute...
By Brad Smith
April 30, 2021
We Learned About the Aztecs From Their Conquerors—But New Research Is Letting Them Speak for Themselves
Defining the Aztecs based purely on their conquerors’ judgments leads to an incomplete picture at best. Now they can speak for themselves
By Camilla Townsend
May 21, 2020
See Drawings From Migrant Children Stuck in Mexico
Children drew their experience living in a tent encampment in Matamoros as a result of the Trump Administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy.
By Jasmine Aguilera
April 30, 2021
The Troubling History of How America's 'Public Charge' Immigration Rule Blocked Jews Fleeing Nazi Germany
The Nazis prohibited most German Jews from taking assets out of the country, which meant they would be potential public charges unless they had close relatives in the U.S. with ample resources
By Richard Breitman
November 4, 2019
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