Tag: Immigration
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Biden’s Attorney General Needs to Think Like an Immigrant Rights Activist
With aggressive legal maneuvering, the incoming head of the Justice Department can reverse some of Trump’s most lasting harm and take steps toward a more humane immigration system.
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‘We Are Scared’: Stuck Inside ICE Detention’s Coronavirus Epicenter
People incarcerated in the Otay Mesa Detention Center decry crowded units and substandard medical care as COVID-19 tears through the facility.
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Despite Coronavirus Fears, ICE Fights to Keep a Sick Michigan Man It Can’t Deport Locked Up
ICE has adopted no policies aimed at releasing any of the 38,000 people it keeps in county jails and private detention centers across the country.
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Seeing Refugees Through American Blinders
When illustrating the very real dangers that refugees, asylum seekers, and other forced migrants have faced, how do journalists avoid propagating racist caricatures?
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The Next Jimmy Aldaoud
The Michigan man who died after being deported to Iraq—a country he’d never been to—was not an anomaly.
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The Tragic Story of Jimmy Aldaoud, Deported From the Streets of Detroit to His Death in Iraq
Aldaoud was targeted as part of an ongoing ICE crackdown on Iraqi communities. His family and supporters say the agency bears responsibility for his death.
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Could This Immigrant Group Get Relief in the Trump Era?
A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to protect Iraqis slated for deportation—and hopes the Trump administration will make good on its support for persecuted Christians in the Middle East.
Chris Gelardi 