News and analysis examining the immigration system in the US
July 2024
At the Arizona-Mexico border, residents are fed up: ‘The politicians are creating the mayhem’
People of various political backgrounds in the US state say they are increasingly feeling like pawns in a political game
US expels more than 100 Chinese migrants in rare mass deportation
Department of Homeland Security says it plans more such ‘large charter flights’, sparking concerns for safety of migrants escaping poverty or repression
Rees-Mogg tells young Tories he wants to ‘build a wall in the English Channel’
Panama to shut down Darién Gap route in deal that will see US pay to repatriate migrants
US-Mexico border crossings fall to three-year low after Biden’s executive order
June 2024
How a deportation law could break an Iowa city’s immigrant community – and its trust with police
In this Arizona town, business has slowed as a border crackdown ramps up
Republicans have a ghoulish tactic to distract from Trump’s criminality
Sidney Blumenthal
‘The other Ellis Island’: the US border area that sees the whole of global migration
Trump’s sledgehammer message to Philadelphia is light on facts, heavy on fear
Politics Weekly America
Will Joe Biden’s immigration pledge convince or confuse the public? – podcast
In South Carolina, Black voters are split on immigration
Some immigrants celebrate Biden’s extension of legal status while others left out
Biden pledges citizenship pathway for spouses and children of US citizens
US politics live with Chris Stein
Mike Johnson says he expects courts to block Biden immigration order – as it happened
Deadland review – melancholy horror smuggles deep themes across the US-Mexico border
Judge blocks Iowa law allowing police to charge people facing deportation
Democrats agree Biden had to act on immigration – but they’re split over his asylum order
Immigration rights groups sue Biden administration over asylum directive
The Stakes: US Election Edition
Drill, baby, drill … if you haven’t passed out from heatstroke
