Asylum

June 25, 2020

The ruling says immigrants denied asylum under streamlined proceedings, cannot contest that decision in court.

When the government wrongly deports people, coming back to the US is almost impossible

July 26, 2018

It took 16 years for Herberth Cortez Gaitan to have his asylum case heard, 9 more for him to be deported — and 2 years for him to return to the US after a federal court found that immigration judges had made a mistake.

Immigration

The government says Border Patrol agents in the Southwest speak Spanish — but many migrants speak Indigenous languages

The World

July 03, 2018

The demand for interpreters is on the rise, especially since children have been separated from their parents at the southern border.

Immigration

Deporting asylum-seekers without giving them a chance to make their case would violate US and international laws

The World

June 26, 2018

President Donald Trump’s tweets show an “ignorance of the law,” says immigration attorney Charles Kuck.

Immigration

This mother, already deported, doesn’t know if she’ll ever be reunited with the daughter taken from her at the US border

The World

June 25, 2018

Magdalena knows where her daughter Maria is, but has no way of reuniting with her. They were separated and Magdalena was deported during the pilot phase of the Trump administration's “zero-tolerance” policy, last August.

Immigration

Trump’s new order on families at the border raises even more questions about what happens next for child migrants

The World

June 21, 2018

We’re answering some of your most pressing questions about what happens next.

Immigration

Will the US deny asylum to domestic violence survivors?

The World

June 07, 2018

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to try and limit who qualifies for asylum in the US.

Immigration

At the US-Mexico border, migrants face an uncertain wait

The World

April 30, 2018

Some lawyers question why US border officials are unable to process the asylum-seeking migrants from Central America, as the "caravan" has made international headlines during its travels north through Mexico.

Justice

As Trump ends Obama-era protections for Salvadorans, a family in Minnesota has few good options to stay together

The World

March 02, 2018

Since 2014, some Central American youth were given temporary permission to join their parents in the US. The government acknowledged the danger they were in. But now, the Trump administration has canceled the programs that brought them. Meet one family, who waited 15 years to reunite, but whose time is almost up.

Justice

Why a recent Supreme Court decision on bonds is a ‘red flag’ for immigrants in detention

The World

March 01, 2018

A battle is on over the constitutionality of indefinite immigrant detention.

Asylum

SCOTUS rules some rejected asylum-seekers can't challenge decisions

When the government wrongly deports people, coming back to the US is almost impossible

The government says Border Patrol agents in the Southwest speak Spanish — but many migrants speak Indigenous languages

Deporting asylum-seekers without giving them a chance to make their case would violate US and international laws

This mother, already deported, doesn’t know if she’ll ever be reunited with the daughter taken from her at the US border

Trump’s new order on families at the border raises even more questions about what happens next for child migrants

Will the US deny asylum to domestic violence survivors?

At the US-Mexico border, migrants face an uncertain wait

As Trump ends Obama-era protections for Salvadorans, a family in Minnesota has few good options to stay together

Why a recent Supreme Court decision on bonds is a ‘red flag’ for immigrants in detention

Pages