Activist: Threat to DACA Is a Reality Check
Mixed message from Trump on DACA sparks frustration from Dreamers as well as critics of illegal immigration Serrano-Taha said some DACA recipients became complacent and stopped fighting for others le…
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Could the DACA Threat Set Off a Big Immigration Fight in September?
February protest in Seattle. Photo: Ted S. Warren AP A threatened lawsuit by anti-immigrant hardliners could put DACA on hold or even end it completely unless Congress takes action or the Trump admi…
There Is No Evidence of an Illegal Immigrant Crime Wave: Why the “Elusive Crime Wave Data Shows Frightening Toll of Illegal Immigrant Criminals” Is Flawed
This blog post by Alex Nowrasteh, an analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute, presents an important response to claims about a supposed “illegal alien crime wave.” In 2015 Fox News tried to counter…
Here’s What Violence Along the U.S.-Mexico Border Really Looks Like
Northern Mexican cities are among the hemisphere's most violent. Across the border, it's a different story. Border fence between San Diego and Tijuana. Public domain. By Juan Carlos Garzón-Ve…
ICE Officers Told to Take Action Against All Undocumented Immigrants Encountered While on Duty
A directive from the head of ICE’s enforcement unit appears to push for tougher action than the Trump administration has publicly promised. By Marcelo Rochabrun, ProPublica July 7, 2017 The head of t…
Are liberals having second thoughts about immigration?
For Democratic politicians and pundits this resistance to Trump might at first have seemed like a good thing, but Beinart’s article and the reaction to it suggest that liberals are starting to have s…
‘Clear Victory’ for President Trump on Muslim Ban 2.0? Hardly.
By Cody Wofsy, ACLU June 26, 2017 After the Supreme Court ruled today that it would hear arguments on the Muslim ban that a number of lower courts have ruled against, the president claimed “clear vic…
DACA: Trump Leaves Dreamers in Suspense
Damocles and the sword On June 16 the Trump administration rescinded Obama’s DAPA policy but left DACA in place, shielding some 800,000 younger immigrants from deportation for now. But the White Hous…
It’s Official: ICE Head Says “Bad Hombres” Aren’t the Only Target
Acting ICE director Thomas Homan has now admitted that the government’s goal is to make all undocumented immigrants “uncomfortable.” The reality behind Homan’s statement is that even the Trump regime…
The Ninth Circuit Shows the Supreme Court How to Strike Down Trump's Travel Ban
On June 12 a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision upholding a Hawaiian court’s order temporarily halting enforcement of Trump’s travel ban. In contrast to ot…
‘We were used, abused and exploited’
Trump With Stolen Lives Families. Photo: AP Victims of immigrant crime say they were taken advantage of by Trump and a non-profit group backing him. By Kenneth P. Vogel, Politico June 1, 2017 More th…
Immigrant Rights in 2017: Crisis and Opportunity
A Monthly Review panel at the Left Forum Saturday, June 3,2017, 5:20pm-7:10pm Room 1.73 at John Jay College, 59th St and 10th Ave, New York City Racism, xenophobia, and immigrant-bashing are not new…
Congressional Rightwingers Push Anti-Immigrant Wish List
Tea Partier Labrador. (Kyle Mills/Lewiston Tribune) From the Immigration Action Bulletin Number 15 May 19, 2017 Welcome to the “Anti-Immigrant Wish List” edition of the Bulletin. Last week, with …
“Politics of Immigration” News: Excerpts, Dialogues, and a Chronology
The second edition of The Politics of Immigration is due out in a little more than a week, but we’ve already started facilitating events and making additions to our blog and our website . We’re …
Book Excerpt: What’s Up With the Kushners and the EB-5 Visa?
Over the weekend of May 5 Nicole Kushner Meyer—the sister of Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner—was in Beijing seeking Chinese investors for one of the Kushner family’s real estate projects. Meyer made …
Five Big Questions for the Future of the Immigrant Rights Movement
Moving forward, this movement will have big problems to tackle, and many questions loom large. Our next steps should respond to these key tasks and questions… By Marisa Franco, Truthout May 2, 2017 H…
Will Trump’s Wall Hit a Wall?
Photo: David Bacon The Trump administration’s proposed budget includes $999 million for 62 miles of the president’s promised border wall. But Republicans legislators, facing opposition from Democrats…
ICE Arrests: Are Activists and Trump Opponents the Target?
Evidence is emerging that the February ICE raids and more recent detentions reveal what reporter Sam Knight calls “a pattern of deportation as retaliation.” Immigrant rights activists need to conside…
CNN/ORC poll: Americans break with Trump on immigration policy
Although this is just one poll, it’s in line with other recent surveys showing a majority of the population supporting legalization—despite the anti-immigrant rhetoric from government and much of the…
"We Can't Organize Out of Fear": Undocumented Organizer Aly Wane on Resisting ICE
This is why I think, in many ways, the immigration conversation is a racial justice conversation.… I think that it would be a lie to have an analysis of the immigration system that doesn't speak …