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Trump-Appointed Immigration Judges Have Become His Robed Enforcers

The system is becoming increasingly stacked against asylum-seekers

Feb 18, 2020

Attorney General William Barr and President Donald Trump

Feb 18, 2020

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He Fled Persecution — and Then Was Locked Up in U.S. Detention for Over 800 Days

After leaving Cameroon for the United States, Nelson Achiri Geh was shuffled between three detention centers; at one point, he didn’t see…

Jul 22, 2019

He Fled Persecution — and Then Was Locked Up in U.S. Detention for Over 800 Days

Jul 22, 2019

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How Politics Is Ruining the Immigration Courts

Immigration judges are DOJ operatives, which makes them especially vulnerable to the White House’s whims

Jul 8, 2019

How Politics Is Ruining the Immigration Courts

Jul 8, 2019

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We Shouldn’t Be Surprised By the Drowning Deaths of a Father and Daughter in the Rio Grande

This is exactly what our immigration policy leads to

Jun 28, 2019

We Shouldn’t Be Surprised By the Drowning Deaths of a Father and Daughter in the Rio Grande

Jun 28, 2019

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‘I Feel Like I’m Disappearing’: Transgender Migrants Are Languishing in Detention Centers

Transgender detainees have to contend with a hostile environment and a startling lack of medical care — in addition to all the other…

Jun 19, 2019

‘I Feel Like I’m Disappearing’: Transgender Migrants Are Languishing in Detention Centers

Jun 19, 2019

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Trump’s Tariff Threat Will Only Put Migrants in Greater Danger

Increasing economic pressure on Mexico may tap into its authorities’ tendency of violence toward migrants

Jun 5, 2019

Trump’s Tariff Threat Will Only Put Migrants in Greater Danger

Jun 5, 2019

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Guantánamo Bay Was Once a Harsh Prison for Migrants

It was the facility’s historical treatment of asylum seekers that set the precedent for its current-day operations

May 3, 2019

Guantánamo Bay Was Once a Harsh Prison for Migrants

May 3, 2019

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Immigration Courts Are Relying on Bad Tech

Immigration courts increasingly rely on video teleconference hearings, but those proceedings come with their own problems

Apr 25, 2019

Immigration Courts Are Relying on Bad Tech

Apr 25, 2019

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U.S. Immigration Policy Is Held Together With Band-Aids

A lack of permanent worker visas pushes people into vulnerable conditions

Apr 23, 2019

U.S. Immigration Policy Is Held Together With Band-Aids

Apr 23, 2019

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Does Cutting U.S. Aid Help or Hurt Central America?

Donald Trump is making the right move for the wrong reasons

Apr 11, 2019

Does Cutting U.S. Aid Help or Hurt Central America?

Apr 11, 2019

John Washington

John Washington

John Washington is a writer and translator focusing on immigration and criminal justice. His first book on US asylum history/policy is forthcoming from Verso.

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