Amanda Taub

Reporter and Writer at The New York Times

Writer of @nytimes Interpreter, exploring the ideas and context behind major world events.

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Articles

¿Votar por los jueces ayudará o perjudicará a la democracia mexicana?

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Amanda Taub

Las elecciones judiciales del domingo podrían eliminar un importante contrapeso a los líderes electos poderosos. Los mexicanos acudirán a las urnas el domingo para la primera fase de un experimento democrático radical: sustituir a los jueces del país, designados por nombramiento, por otros nuevos que sean elegidos por los votantes.
Will Voting for Judges Help or Hurt Mexico's Democracy?

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Amanda Taub

Mexicans are going to the polls on Sunday for the first phase of a dramatic democratic experiment: Replacing the country's appointed judges with new ones who are elected by voters. In a single day of voting, the country will select more than 2,600 judges and magistrates, from the Supreme Court to local tribunals, who will make up half of Mexico's judiciary. The other half will be elected in 2027. Experts say it is the most significant judicial overhaul ever conducted by a large democracy.
¿Por qué EE. UU. quiere enviar deportados a Sudán del Sur?

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Abdi Latif Dahir |Amanda Taub

Los expertos dicen que el gobierno podría estar intentando moldear el comportamiento de los migrantes a través del miedo. El gobierno de Donald Trump está intentando deportar a un grupo de ocho migrantes a Sudán del Sur, un país que se encuentra al borde de la guerra civil.
What to know about the deportees the U.S. is trying to send to South Sudan

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Amanda Taub |Abdi Dahir

The Trump administration is trying to deport a group of eight migrants to South Sudan, a country on the brink of civil war. The men, who are from countries including Vietnam, Cuba and Mexico, are currently believed to be held at an American military base in the East African nation of Djibouti, after a federal judge ordered the administration not to turn them over to the government of South Sudan.
What to Know About the Deportees the U.S. Is Trying to Send to South Sudan

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Abdi Latif Dahir |Amanda Taub

Experts say the administration may be trying to shape the behavior of immigrants through fear. The Trump administration is trying to deport a group of eight migrants to South Sudan, a country on the brink of civil war. The men, who are from countries including Vietnam, Cuba and Mexico, are currently believed to be held at an American military base in the East African nation of Djibouti, after a federal judge ordered the administration not to turn them over to the government of South Sudan.
How to Understand Trump's Latest Deportation Tactics

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Amanda Taub

It can be difficult to keep track of the Trump administration's deportation policies, and the many legal challenges against them. But a dramatic showdown in a federal courtroom this week is worth a closer look. Lawyers were challenging a contentious Trump administration tactic: Sending deportees to countries they are not from, with little or no opportunity to raise objections. In April, Judge Brian E.
The Trump Administration Is Lining Up More Countries to Take Its Deportees

1 month ago | virginislandsdailynews.com | Amanda Taub

It takes at least two countries to make a deportation happen: one to send deportees and one to receive them. Typically, the receiving country agrees to take back its own citizens, but the Trump administration is developing other options.The U.S. has sent hundreds of deportees, most of whom appear to be Venezuelans, to El Salvador, where they are being held in a maximum-security prison notorious for its brutality.
The Trump administration is lining up more countries to take its deportees

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Amanda Taub

It takes at least two countries to make a deportation happen: one to send deportees and one to receive them. Typically, the receiving country agrees to take back its own citizens, but the Trump administration is developing other options. The U.S. has sent hundreds of deportees, most of whom appear to be Venezuelans, to El Salvador, where they are being held in a maximum-security prison notorious for its brutality.
US Lining Up More Countries to Take Its Deportees

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Amanda Taub

Besides El Salvador, where the United States have already sent detainees, Rwanda and Libya have records of mistreating migrant detainees. It takes at least two countries to make a deportation happen: one to send deportees and one to receive them. Typically, the receiving country agrees to take back its own citizens, but the Trump administration is developing other options.
What Happened When Trump Altered the Deal With Law Firms and Universities

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Amanda Taub

A few weeks ago, several prominent American universities and law firms found themselves in what seemed to be a classic prisoner's dilemma, courtesy of President Trump. His campaign of retribution against law firms that represented or hired his political opponents, and against universities that engaged in "woke" policies or purportedly fostered antisemitism, was forcing them to make an unappealing choice.