Articles
7/25/19, New York Times: Long Before Border Walls, Entering the U.S. From Mexico Was as Easy as Crossing a Street (video and suggested reading)
7/25/19, KTAR News (Phoenix): Immigration bonds getting more expensive in Arizona
7/25/19,WKRC (Cincinnati): City legislation introduced to protect immigrants, refugees amidst ICE raids
7/24/19, NPR: Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s New Asylum Rule
7/23/19, New York Times: A Global Feast in an Unlikely Spot: Lancaster, Pa.
7/23/19, The New Yorker: What Happens When a Group of Strangers Spends a Day Debating Immigration?
7/23/19, New York Times: More Than 2,000 Migrants Were Targeted in Raids. 35 Were Arrested.
7/22/19, ProPublica: Asylum-Seekers Who Followed Trump Rule Now Don’t Qualify Because of New Trump Rule
7/22/19, Immigration Impact: Trump Implements Nationwide ‘Send Them Back’ Immigration Policy
7/22/19, NPR: Trump Administration Moves To Speed Up Deportations With Expedited Removal Expansion
7/22/19, RCUSA: Former Refugee Advocates and Experts Respond to Reports That Trump Administration Plans to Cut Refugee Admissions to Zero
7/19/19, MSNBC: Would the Trump admin effectively halt the US refugee program?
7/19/19, Episcopal News Service: Episcopal officials defend refugee resettlement after report Trump officials suggest halt to program
7/19/19, WBALTV11: Some places of worship ready to offer help to immigrants
7/18/19, Time: An Unintended Consequence of Trump’s Repeated Threats of Raids: More Immigrants Know Their Rights
“While the Trump Administration’s public threats do “galvanize allies in a way we find really useful, on the other hand it’s hard to overstate the level of fear it puts in the immigrant community,” Wu said. “They’re saying ‘If I leave my house to go to the grocery store I might never see my kids again.’ But if this is what it takes to galvanize people then that’s what it takes, we’re here now.””
Opinion
7/25/19, The Nation: A Call to Put an End to Inhumane Conditions at the Border
7/25/19, New York Times: The Human Cost of Fast-Track Deportation
7/24/19, MinnPost: Saying no to refugees: Wrong on every count
7/23/19, Washington Post: Walter Mondale: We are once again in a humanitarian refugee crisis. We must stem this misery.