Border Wars

The Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility set the stage institutionally and legally for Trump’s family separation policies on the U.S.-Mexico border. 

Trump's new zero-tolerance immigration policy, which separates parents from their children, is a cruel strategy to curb the flow of immigrants and asylum-seekers arriving in the United States. Here's why it's bound to fail.

The United States has long been home to exclusionary immigration policies. Under the Trump administration, the hardline position that deems undocumented immigrants criminals defines immigration enforcement operations, with ICE calling the shots.

In the context of the border wall debate, politicians and pundits across the political spectrum conveniently omit the grim realities millions of migrants face.

The U.S. Border Patrol's violent, racist, and ineffectual policies have come to a head under Trump. What can be done?

Central American asylum-seekers on a refugee caravan are part of an emerging regional social movement for forced migrants.

On the perilous journey to reunite with their families, Central American women and children find a temporary refuge at Casa Alitas.

The Canadian government must acknowledge and respond to the humanitarian crisis facing transnational migrant communities in the United States— as it has in the past.

President Trump's pardoning of Joe Arpaio is despicable. But many politicians who have denounced it have also supported anti-immigrant policies and helped fuel the violent drug war in Mexico.

Republicans have been some of the most vocal critics of Trump’s proposed cuts to humanitarian aid in Central America.

Republicans have been some of the most vocal critics of Trump's proposed cuts to humanitarian aid in Central America.

What can the assassination of Sister Maura during El Salvador’s civil war teach us about humanity for Central American refugees today?