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\The media focus on Trump’s DACA termination shouldn’t distract us from the ongoing threat to more than 400,000 immigrants with Temporary Protected Status (TPS). So far, the administration has annou…
These two articles detail the ways in which racism has always been a crucial element in U.S. immigration policy. Paul A. Kramer’s New York Times op-ed is especially noteworthy for asking “to what ex…
When Deportation Is a Death Sentence Hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. may face violence and murder in their home countries. What happens when they are forced to return? Laura S. Photo:…
There is no evidence that Donald Trump has ever in his life performed a single selfless act, let alone any act of heroism. Probably he wouldn’t be able even to imagine the nobility of character I wit…
1. Stand With Us on Martin Luther King Jr. Day as we proclaim “Immigrant Rights are Human Rights”. Ravi Ragbir, Jean Montreveil, and others have been unjustly detained. Join us Monday as we stand tog…
The administration is now taking aim at a faith-based New York activist coalition. This morning ICE detained the New Sanctuary Coalition 's executive director, Ravi Ragbir, during his scheduled c…
Trump rants about Salvadoran gangs. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images On January 9 the administration announced that it was terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for some quarter million Salva…
Two excellent articles from the mainstream to close out the year.—TPOI editor The Teens Trapped Between a Gang and the Law On Long Island, unaccompanied minors are caught between the violence of MS-1…
The security threat on our borders? Photo: Jennifer Whitney/NY Times The Washington Post reports that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is again considering former department hea…
This Washington Post op-ed is one of the few pieces in the mainstream U.S. media to note the link between immigration from Honduras and the corrupt and repressive U.S.-backed government there. Far fr…
Photo: Kendal Blust/Nogagles International By Kendal Blust, Nogales International November 14, 2017 Under a canopy of large white flags printed with the Veterans for Peace logo, a group of activists …
Dear friends, As you know, many immigrants to the United States come from Latin American and the Caribbean, and understanding developments in those regions is an important part of understanding how t…
Here are three stories that have been in the news recently. The corporate media have presented them as unrelated; nothing could be further from the truth . An article in the New Yorker details how th…
Neoliberal strictures, support for oligarchs, and the War on Drugs have impoverished millions and destabilized Latin America. By Jeff Faux, The Nation October 18, 2017 As his price for not deporting …
From Witness for Peace September 28, 2017 This year, from November 10-12 , Witness for Peace staff, along with human rights activists, torture survivors, anti-war veterans, students, families, union…
David Bacon’s new book, In the Fields of the North / En los Campos del Norte , came out on May 1. Published by the University of California Press and Colegio de la Frontera Norte, the book is “an int…
This important article breaks two mainstream media taboos: it shows how immigration status enables corporation to super-exploit workers, and it mentions one of the ways in which Washington’s foreign …
Among the right’s favorite talking points are claims that “illegals” are “swarming over the border” and “sanctuary cities” are “breeding crime.” The anti-immigrant forces never present evidence, for …
March 2 marked the anniversary of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres’ assassination. The suspects appear to be linked to the country's corrupt and violent military, which is trained and funded by th…
Horrific conditions in the Northern Triangle led to a major policy crisis for the Obama administration. A new wave of refugees could do the same for Trump. By Emily Gogolak, The Nation December 26, 2…
