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Central America

Refused Right to Seek Asylum, Honduran Refugees Demand Reparations for Destructive US Foreign Policy in Central America

ACLU Demands Courts Protect Refugees Fleeing Domestic and Gang Violence After Sessions 'Illegally' Revokes Asylum Rights

Julia Conley, staff writer

"It's clear the administration's goal is to deny and deport as many people as possible, as quickly as possible."

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'Sickening': With So-Called 'Voluntary' Deportation, Trump's DHS Using Children as Bait to Expel Immigrants

Julia Conley, staff writer

Parents are told that if they sign a "voluntary departure order," they'll see...

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Costa Rica Will Become World's First Carbon-Free Country by 2021, New President Says

Julia Conley, staff writer

"When we reach 200 years of independent life we will take Costa Rica forward...

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'Illegally' Turning Back on Refugees, Trump Orders DHS to Bar Migrants Fleeing Violence From Entry

AG Sessions Basically Endorsed the Worst of DHS' Harsh New Deportation Plan

Refugees from El Salvador turn themselves in to a U.S. border agent near Rio Grande, Texas.

Central American Migrants Suffer from Skyrocketing Violence After Immigration Crackdown

Report Details How US-Backed Coup Unleashed Wave of Abuses in Honduras

US Planning New Sweep of 'Reprehensible' Deportation Raids

As Candidates Spar on Immigration, Rights Groups Sue for Answers

Children Caught In Sweep as Feds Begin Mass Deportations

Despite Refugee Crisis, US Plans Mass Deportations

US Program To Save Child Refugees Has Welcomed This Many: Zero

Obama Faces Latin American Opposition to Venezuela Sanctions as Cuba Joins Summit of the Americas

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Amnesty International - USA

US Government Endangers Asylum Seekers with Unlawful Policies

Amnesty International - USA

Americas: Authorities Must Not Deport Caravan Members to Face Danger

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Robert C. Koehler

The Phrase “Border Security” Freezes My Soul Every Time

Steve Minkin

A Climate of Violence: Refugees and Global Warming

Todd Miller

Why the Migrant Caravan Story Is a Climate Change Story

Belén Fernández

The Inconvenient Truth About the US-Bound Migrant Caravan

Laura Carlsen

Central American Women Are Fighting Extractive Industries on their Land—and Winning

Rebecca Gordon

Nicaragua at the Barricades... And a Crossroads

Victoria Sanford

We Supported Their Dictators, Led the Failed ‘War on Drugs’ and Now Deny Them Refuge

Osprey Orielle Lake, Emily Arasim

On International Women’s Day, Honoring Women Land and Human Rights Defenders

Robert C. Koehler

Costa Rica’s Peace Journey

Aviva Chomsky

Is Trump an Aberration? The Dark History of the “Nation of Immigrants”

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