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Oct 12, 2023 | 
acslaw.org | Monika Langarica
Early this year, I wrote about the urgent need for the Biden administration to confront its failures—and those of Republican-led states—on immigration policy. For months, Texas, Arizona, and even Florida had been busing and flying newcomers from the border to New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. In turn, receiving states and localities had already begun screaming calamity.
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Jul 23, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Justin Miller |Candice Bernd |Monika Langarica |Silky Shah
Skip to contentSkip to footerTexas’ border wall is raising concerns about wildlife, public thrift, and property rights. This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. Mary Ann Ortiz has deep roots on Vega Verde Road, which runs along the Rio Grande west of Del Rio.
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Jul 23, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Justin Miller |Candice Bernd |Monika Langarica |Silky Shah
Skip to contentSkip to footerTexas’ border wall is raising concerns about wildlife, public thrift and property rights. This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. Mary Ann Ortiz has deep roots on Vega Verde Road, which runs along the Rio Grande west of Del Rio.
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May 11, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Camilo Pérez-Bustillo |Monika Langarica |Zane McNeill |Victoria Law
Skip to contentSkip to footerBiden’s decision to utilize and repackage rather than reject Trump’s amped-up deportation apparatus is no surprise. The cruel Trump-era immigration policy known as Title 42 expires today, but human rights defenders have nothing to celebrate.
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May 8, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Sharon Zhang |Monika Langarica |Rachel Ida Buff
We get an update from South Texas, where eight people were killed and at least 10 more injured Sunday in Brownsville after a driver rammed his SUV into a group of people near a shelter for migrants. The incident comes just days before the Trump-era Title 42 policy is set to expire and more migrants are expected to seek asylum at the southern U.S. border. “I can only describe it as a hate crime.
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Mar 25, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Brett Wilkins |Isa Noyola |Sharon Zhang |Monika Langarica
In a move that critics say will push people to attempt more dangerous border crossings, the United States and Canada on Friday announced an agreement allowing both countries to block migrants from seeking asylum at unofficial points of entry. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hosted U.S. President Joe Biden Friday in Ottawa, where the leaders announced the deal.
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Mar 8, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Jake Johnson |Isa Noyola |Sharon Zhang |Monika Langarica
Reports that the Biden administration is considering a plan to revive migrant family detentions drew outrage from members of the president’s own party on Tuesday, with Democratic lawmakers imploring the White House to reject the cruel practice that it largely shut down in late 2021. Rep.
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Feb 28, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Julia Conley |Isa Noyola |Adrianna Torres-García |Monika Langarica
Immigrant rights groups celebrated a historic victory late Monday as a federal judge handed down what is believed to be the first-ever class action settlement over a workplace immigration raid in the United States, awarding $1.17 million to nearly 100 people who were targeted by the Trump administration in 2018.
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Feb 22, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Jake Johnson |Sharon Zhang |Monika Langarica |Rachel Ida Buff
The Biden administration on Tuesday proposed a rule that immigrant rights groups, civil liberties organizations, and some Democratic lawmakers condemned as an illegal attack on asylum-seekers that resembles an inhumane policy pursued by former President Donald Trump.
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Feb 12, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Isa Noyola |Monika Langarica |Rachel Ida Buff |Victoria Law
On February 7, President Joe Biden gave his second State of the Union address. A DREAMer was the first lady’s date for the evening, but the humanitarian crisis at our borders barely registered as a blip in the 73-minute speech. That’s not by accident. There’s no reason that cautious White House staff would encourage the president to highlight the 853 people who died trying to reach our country by crossing the U.S.-Mexico border last year.
