By EJI Staff, EJI On July 15, 1954, at the direction of United States Attorney General Herbert Brownell and under the supervision of Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Commissioner Joseph Swing, the United States Border Patrol began the second phase of an immigration law enforcement initiative in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. The […]
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Mexico Returns 81 Migrants to Haiti Amid US Pressure | VOA News
Associated Press, VOA News Mainly Haitian along with some African migrants wait in men’s and women’s lines to request documents giving them temporary legal status in Mexico, outside the Siglo XXI detention center in Tapachula, Mexico, June 12, 2019. AP. Featured Image [dropcap]MEXICO[/dropcap] CITY – Mexican immigration officials say they have returned 81 migrants to […]
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‘I lost my son’: Guatemala mum mourns boy who died in US custody | Al Jazeera
Sixteen-year-old Juan de Leon Gutierrez travelled to the US to join his older brother and send money home to his family.
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Portraits From a Caravan | The New York Times
A look at some of the people hoping to get into the United States.
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More Than a Million People in South Sudan Are on the Brink of Starvation | Time
(JUBA, South Sudan) — In war-torn South Sudan 1.25 million people are facing starvation, double the number from the same time last year, according to a report by the United Nations and the government released Monday.
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What is Daca and who are the Dreamers? | The Guardian
Donald Trump is scrapping the Obama-era program for children brought to the US illegally. Here is everything you need to know about it.
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“I Wish I’d Never Called the Police” – Slate
For years, the United States has given a safe path to citizenship for victims of abuse. Under Trump, they may face an impossible choice: silence or deportation.
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If Mom and Dad Are Deported – Slate
Fearing arrest and expulsion, undocumented immigrants are racing to draft plans for their U.S.-born children.
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Not All Immigrant Labor Is Cheap Labor
There are problems with the narrative that visas are letting foreigners take Americans’ jobs at lower wages.
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