Sep 13 'No homeland, no fear': A conversation with the radical art collective that imagines a borderless America By Elizabeth Flock "Performance artists cannot escape censorship or controversy. It comes with the job," said Guillermo Gómez-Peña of the performance art troupe La Pocha Nostra. Continue reading
Sep 12 In Democratic debate, Biden says 'I stand with Barack Obama all 8 years — good, bad, indifferent' By Associated Press Former Vice President Joe Biden is dismissing questions about the Obama administration's record of deportations by touting the former Democratic president's effort to open doors to immigrants. Continue reading
Sep 11 Supreme Court allows broad enforcement of Trump's asylum limits By Associated Press The justices' order late Wednesday temporarily undoes a lower-court ruling. The policy is meant to deny asylum to anyone who passes through another country on the way to the U.S. without seeking protection there. Continue reading
Sep 11 Appeals court puts ruling blocking asylum change on hold By Associated Press The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay that puts a stay on the ruling blocking Trump's policy that would prevent migrants from seeking asylum along the entire southwest border. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 5:51 News Wrap: North Korea says it's open to new nuclear talks with U.S. In our news wrap Monday, North Korea says it is willing to restart nuclear talks with the U.S. Previous discussions stalled after President Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un held a failed summit in Hanoi in February, but Trump… Continue watching
Sep 09 WATCH: Acting CBP chief says fewer border crossers apprehended in August By Associated Press The Trump administration says it saw a 30% drop in the number of people apprehended at the southern U.S. border from July to August, amid summer heat and aggressive crackdowns on both sides of the border to deter migrants. Continue reading
Sep 09 Judge reinstates nationwide halt on Trump asylum policy plan By Associated Press A U.S. judge in California on reinstated a nationwide halt on the Trump administration's plan to prevent most migrants from seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Sep 08 How climate change is driving emigration from Central America By Miranda Cady Hallett, The Conversation The link between environmental instability and emigration from Central America became apparent in the late 1990s and early 2000s as earthquakes and hurricanes, especially Hurricane Mitch in 1998 and its aftermath, were ravaging parts of Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador. Continue reading
Sep 06 Mexico says it has successfully reduced flow of migrants by U.S. deadline By Maria Verza, Christopher Sherman, Associated Press Activists say Mexico's crackdown has only forced migrants into greater desperation and more illicit, dangerous routes. Continue reading
Sep 05 Watch 6:01 What 3 generations of a Filipino family prove about poverty and migration For some families, ensuring economic stability requires a wrenching choice: to leave children behind and find work abroad. Author Jason DeParle has written a book, “A Good Provider is One Who Leaves,” that traces three generations of a single Filipino… Continue watching