Reducing Migrants’ Lives to One Grisly Photograph

Reducing Migrants’ Lives to One Grisly Photograph

In the name of “sparking a reaction” from an indifferent public, images of migrant deaths decontextualize their reasons for fleeing ...
Living and Dying in Border Purgatory

Living and Dying in Border Purgatory

At least six children have died in ICE custody in the past year. As draconian immigration policy grows ever-more inhumane, ...
At the Arizona Border, Activists Protest U.S Foreign and Migration Policy

At the Arizona Border, Activists Protest U.S Foreign and Migration Policy

Even as the U.S.-Mexico border reaches new heights of militarization, this year’s School of the Americas Watch border Encuentro (meeting) provided a ...
El Éxodo Centroamericano: Resistance Through Solidarity

El Éxodo Centroamericano: Resistance Through Solidarity

Central American refugees are confronting violence and harassment at the border after an arduous journey fleeing imminent danger in their ...
The Desert of Asylum: From Internment to Disappearance

The Desert of Asylum: From Internment to Disappearance

When state-sanctioned practices of child kidnapping, family internment, and indefinite detention cut off the possibility of seeking asylum at official ...
A Humanitarian Exodus

A Humanitarian Exodus

The 7,000-person strong caravan from Central America has made international headlines and been targeted by the Trump administration. But the ...
Punishing Lawfulness: Trump's Assault on Authorized Migration

Punishing Lawfulness: Trump’s Assault on Authorized Migration

The Trump administration’s crackdown on unauthorized immigration obscures his larger effort: to prevent lawful forms of immigration for migrants and ...
Part II: Immigration Enforcement Unbound

Part II: Immigration Enforcement Unbound

One mother’s recent deportation to her native Honduras reflects how the U.S. immigration regime not only separates families, but impels ...