Immigration
Our Immigrant Detention System Shows Why We Need Prison Abolition
"The US immigration enforcement system and the prison industrial complex are not separate, but are intertwined systems of repression."
By Silky Shah
What Would a Second Trump Term Actually Look Like?
We need to take this possibility seriously.
By Rebecca Fishbein
A Day in the Life of a Teenage Asylum Seeker
Christopher plays soccer, records TikToks, and endures hours-long immigration hearings.
By Tess Garcia
You Can't Separate Reproductive Rights From Immigrant Rights
This Latinx Heritage Month is an opportunity for all of us to examine immigrant rights through this lens.
By Laura Ramirez Tlapa
The US Sentences Kids to Life in Prison Without Parole
It doesn’t have to be this way.
By Xavier McElrath-Bey
Susana Went to Florida for the American Dream, but Found a Nightmare
From the Parkland shooting to laws targeting undocumented immigrants like her.
By Yacob Reyes
Meet the Students Rallying to Protect One of America’s Oldest Chinatowns
Student organizers in Philly are trying to stop the construction of a new Sixers arena.
By Etta Washburn
Adoptees Shouldn’t Have to Feel Grateful
"Adoption just isn’t that positive win-win-win for all people.”
By Logan Hoffman-Smith
What Happens to Asylum-Seekers Who Can’t Access Translators
The U.S. government weaponizes their own languages against them.
By Valentina Callari Lewis
The True Story of a Young Queer Couple Separated at the U.S. Border
Oscar and Darwin fled Honduras over homophobic harassment.
By Anna Lekas Miller
New Mexico Has Lost Track of Juvenile Prisoners Locked Up for Life
“We are, quite literally, missing children.”
By Eli Hager, ProPublica
Republicans Are Trying to Roll Back Child Labor Regulations
Maybe we could make child labor a thing for the history books? Just a thought.
By Lex McMenamin
What Liza Koshy Learned at a Refugee Camp in Jordan
“Stay strong and spend time with your dad while you can,” one girl told me.
By Liza Koshy
What I Learned From Having to Crowdfund My Medical Care
After an unexpected hospitalization, I leaned on my community more than ever.
By Alice Wong
We Left Our Loved Ones for Promised Jobs That Didn’t Exist
Hemant paid $20,000 for a job that was supposed to grant him a green card.
By Saket Soni
Biden's Immigration Policy Is Trump All Over Again
Rep. Cori Bush called the policy "unconscionable," "harmful," and "anti-Black and brown."
By Lex McMenamin
How Drag Performers, DJs, and More Helped Ukraine Refugees
“It’s always possible to do something. Always."
By Eliza Levinson