This opinion piece criticizing President Obama’s lack of response in addressing, and particularly, protecting the immigrant children who have flooded into the country, causing what is considered to be an immigration crisis.
Read ArticlePart two of a series titled “Beyond the Border”. This segment titled “This is Our Home” discusses the experiences of a rancher who lives close to an immigration checkpoint and has found bodies, clothing, food, and other items of immigrants who were trying to make it through Brooks County, TX without being caught.
Watch the VideoPart one of a series “Beyond the Border”. This segment titled, “Into the Wilderness”, discusses the experiences of one immigrant by the name of Exelina, and also presents data associated with the time that Exelina was migrating to the U.S.
Watch the videoCivil rights group files a lawsuit asking a federal court to stop the Obama administration from expediting families being held in Artesia, NM. The 60-page legal complaint, on behalf of seven women and three children at the facility in Artesia, N.M., alleges that the Department of Homeland Security has denied due process rights to the families as it seeks to deport the hundreds of undocumented immigrants being housed there.
Read the ArticleThis is a twelve-minute video that shows VICE News traveling to the border between Texas and Tamaulipas to speak to people who have been detained on both sides of the border. They told us about their reasons for crossing the border, how they were detained, what their stay was like inside the detention centers, their plans for the future, and their fears.
Watch the VideoThis article discusses the reasons behind the number of child migrants has fallen sharply. They include: tighter border policing, raids on the famously dangerous Bestia, road checkpoints, horror tales told by deportees who grappled with drug gangs on the way north, a U.S.-funded advertising blitz on the dangers of the journey, and the high-profile arrests of several human smugglers, or coyotes.
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The author discusses his family’s history with migration, as his grandfather had immigrated to the country in 1907. This author describes his grandfather’s past and contrasts his situation with the immigration crisis and how he believes that the way people are reacting to the fleeing of children from violence in their countries is negative and wrong.
Read the ArticleReligious leaders visit Port Hueneme and discuss their experiences with viewing the facility and meeting with immigrants.
Read the ArticleAs the Obama administration says the number of unaccompanied minors crossing the Southwest border is declining, the White House is being urged to stop fast-tracking their deportation hearings. That call is coming from an unusual source: one of the nation’s top immigration judges. This judge asserts that fast-tracking increases the likelihood of further clogging the court system, as the practice could lead to appeals based on non-citizens’ lack of understanding of the U.S. process.
Read the ArticleThis article discusses the reasons why unaccompanied immigrant children should have legal counsel while they navigate the immigration court system.
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