Refugees

Amnesty International's Annual Global Human Rights Report Details Harm—and Heroism—Amid Pandemic

A protester holds a sign showing the worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic outside Pfizer's headquarters in New York City on March 11, 2021. (Photo: Erick McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

As Biden Ramps Up Detention Capacity, Group Warns Contaminated Military Bases 'Are No Place' for Kids

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

"Immigrant children under the care of the federal government should not be in cages, let alone toxic sites in military bases," an Earthjustice attorney said.

'It's Not a Border Crisis,' Says Ocasio-Cortez. 'It's an Imperialism Crisis... a Climate Crisis... a Trade Crisis.'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

South American immigrants arriving illegally from Mexico disembark from an inflatable boat on the U.S. bank of the Rio Grande river at the border city of Roma on March 28, 2021. (Photo by Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images)

The New York Democrat also explained how the U.S. carceral system and foreign...

Bowman Blames Decades of US Capitalism, Imperialism for Flow of Asylum-Seekers

Jenna McGuire, staff writer

A Central American woman and her son cross the Rio Grande on February 8th, 2021 to surrender to the border patrol at the Texas United States crossing. (Photo: David Peinado/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

"The best we can do is implement a 21st century Marshall Plan and help to...

Sen. Chris Murphy 'Fought Back Tears' Visiting Detained Migrant Children in Texas

Climate Crisis Displaced Over 10 Million People in Past Six Months: Red Cross

'Saving Lives Is Never a Crime': Aid Groups Reject Charges Over Mediterranean Refugee Rescue Missions

'Fight Is Not Over,' Say Rights Groups as Biden Admin Lets Separated Families Remain in US

Reversing Xenophobic Trump Policy, Biden to Allow 25,000 Asylum-Seekers Stuck in Mexico to Enter US

Biden—Handed Road Map for Action—Told US Has Moral Responsibility to Lead on Climate Refugees

Under Pretext of Pandemic, Babies Born in US—Legal American Citizens—Expelled With Mothers to Mexico

Rejecting Trump's "Callous Disregard for Human Life," Biden Significantly Raises Refugee Cap

As Guatemalan Forces Beat Back Migrant Caravan, Biden Urged to Reverse Trump Policies of 'Cruelty and Coercion'

'Damning' New IG Report, Says ACLU, Shows Just How Far Trump Team 'Was Willing to Go to Destroy' Immigrant Families

'He Is Not Welcome': Trump Border Visit Denounced as PR Stunt of 'Blood-Soaked' President

ACLU Reminds Biden of 'Moral and Legal Imperative' to Reverse Trump's Unlawful Asylum Policy

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Here Is Some of the Human Misery Caused by President Trump’s Muslim Ban From Those Most Impacted

With the sweep of his pen, President Donald Trump caused the U.S. immigration system to go into total disarray and sowed global chaos and confusion on Friday afternoon. The executive order he signed at 4:42 p.m. suspended all Syrian refugees from entering the country indefinitely, prohibited any other refugees from coming into the country for 120 days, and banned foreign nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries from visiting the country for 90 days. Refugees and people were caught...