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The “Asylum Crisis” is a Choice
The “Asylum Crisis” is a Choice
The US implicitly chooses each day to imperil migrant lives, but we can choose differently.
Allison Bostrom
Mar 6
The Senate’s New Border Deal: Dead on Arrival?
The Senate’s New Border Deal: Dead on Arrival?
Republican lawmakers in Congress are desperately distancing themselves from what could be their most pivotal accomplishment on immigration.
Mohamedkhaled
Feb 8
The ‘root cause’ of migration? The US.
The ‘root cause’ of migration? The US.
There’s a lot of chatter about the ‘root causes’ of Central American migration in the US, asking the important question — why do people…
Leah Durst-Lee
Mar 28
From Re-Migration to Re-Naturalization and Back. Again.
From Re-Migration to Re-Naturalization and Back. Again.
The reemergence of racist immigration and citizenship laws in Germany and Austria
Omeed
Mar 12
Averroes’ Daughter
Averroes’ Daughter
I was born and raised in Pakistan. My parents come from vastly different backgrounds. My mother is the daughter of a land-owning British…
Maria Khan
Mar 8
Dreamers’ Scholarship Realities
Dreamers’ Scholarship Realities
In 2014, TheDream.US began providing scholarships to Dreamers.
Ellen Balleisen
Jun 14, 2023
America’s longest war: will we ever learn from our mistakes in Afghanistan?
America’s longest war: will we ever learn from our mistakes in Afghanistan?
Years of deception and missed opportunities have only made the plight of Afghans worse today.
Yuri Dafonseca
Jul 27, 2023
Analyzing Biden’s State of the Union address on immigration — all seven sentences of it
Analyzing Biden’s State of the Union address on immigration — all seven sentences of it
Sandwiched between a call for an assault rifle ban and pledge to support congressional abortion legislation, Biden focused just seven…
Leah Durst-Lee
Feb 23, 2023
What are we doing in Syria?
What are we doing in Syria?
It’s time for the U.S. to honestly reassess policies towards Syria and consider our moral obligation to the survivors of wars that we have…
Yuri Dafonseca
Feb 2, 2023
Permanent resident or permanent tourist?
Permanent resident or permanent tourist?
I came to Australia in 2009 — fourteen years ago. Four years later I became a Permanent Resident, and eleven years later, a citizen by…
Sudhir Iyer
Jan 27, 2023
Title 42: the human rights nightmare that just won’t end
Title 42: the human rights nightmare that just won’t end
Despite being illegal under international law — and defying U.S. refugee law - the U.S. Supreme Court just extended Title 42.
Leah Durst-Lee
Jan 18, 2023
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