Tag: immigration
It's Christlike to Love Immigrants and Transfolk
Responding to readers who invoke Christianity to defend exclusion, I argue that the Gospels consistently welcome lepers, foreigners, sinners, and gender-nonconforming people while reserving the strongest warnings for the wealthy and powerful. On the Christlike call to love immigrants and trans people, and why compassion cannot be rationed by politics.
ICE Treatment of Transgender Women Reversing Years-Long Practices
Women said they face harassment and lack proper medical care.
Inside the ‘Shadow Surge’ Driving ICE Arrests to New Heights
Flush with money and leery of bad publicity, ICE has banked on local police agencies to help ramp up immigration arrests.
‘I Am Afraid of Losing a Life That Took Decades to Build’: Salvadorans Await Loss of TPS
Salvadorans who are in the U.S. under the Temporary Protected Status program now face an uncertain future as TPS is set to expire on Sept. 9.
ICE Wrongfully Arrested Him. Will His Lawsuit Change How Courts Hold Agents Accountable?
As courts winnow legal path to sue federal officers, attorneys search for new avenues in state law.
Reorganisation Paused as Commons Tackles Disorder, Growth and Health
Scrutiny Without Votes: Brexit Reset, Support Under Strain
Commons Launches Reform Drive as Farage Takes Seat
Trump’s ICE Has Detained More People Than the Population of Atlanta
Unlike prior administrations, in Trump’s second term, ICE is aggressively arresting people far from the border and detaining them longer.
Trump Told Asylum Seekers To Do It “The Legal Way.” Now He’s Revoking 200,000 Of Their Visas.
Many Trump supporters keep insisting that his immigration purges are justified because the people swept up in them came here "illegally," so who cares if they get kicked out (or shipped off to some random war-torn country). When asked what people seeking asylum should do, the answer is often "do it the legal way." That...
Parents are Giving Up Green Card Fights to Get Their Kids Out of Immigrant Jail
As children languish in detention, a federal judge sics an independent watchdog on ICE.
Seven Congolese refugees fined for living outside Dzaleka
A court in Lilongwe has fined seven Congolese nationals for living outside Dzaleka refugee camp
137 Nigerians deported from Germany
Germany deported at least 137 Nigerians between February and June 2026, while about 3,690 Nigerians in the US face final removal or deportation orders.
Blood on their hands: The Malawi passport collapse is a humanitarian atrocity
Malawi’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services has crossed the line from baseline incompetence into active humanitarian cruelty. For seven continuous days, this inept institution has produced exactly zero passports, trapping thousands of desperate citizens in a state-sponsored prison.This is not a mere technical glitch. It is a violent disruption of human life. Students watch...
A Cuban Protest Ballad From ICE Detention
Cuban dissident Nilo Gibert Arencibia has been trapped in a Mississippi immigrant detention facility for eight months. Here’s his protest song.
Amid Increased Scrutiny, ICE Detention and Deportation Data Goes Dark
ICE says ‘millions’ of immigrants have left or been deported in Trump’s crackdown. But where are the receipts?
Commons Mourns Widdecombe, Backs Immigration Overhaul
Offshore Detention Divides MPs as Government Stresses Law, Value
How Helping Detectives Led a Florida Woman to ICE Detention
Non-traditional state agencies, from college police to wildlife protection, have been pulled into immigration enforcement.
Lords Honour Mackay amid Space Urgency and Donation Curbs
Lords Tighten Steel Nationalisation, Reject Funding Cap
Commons Backs Rapid Rearmament, Pledges to End NHS Corridor Care
Security Strengthened as Commons Curbs Foreign Influence
What, to the Immigrant, Is Your Fourth of July?
In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ landmark speech — and America at 250 — immigrants explain what Independence Day means to them.
A Dying Dream: How Trump Targets Immigrants Who Arrived as Children
Polls say Americans support protecting DACA recipients from deportation. Now some are being detained.
MPs Press Ministers; Reviews Promised, No New Policies
New Clerk Named as Commons Confronts Capacity Crunch
Lords Test Steel Takeover Powers, Extend Carbon Budgets' Scope
What the Supreme Court’s TPS Ruling Means for Haitians and Syrians
Advocates say the decision to allow Trump to end temporary protected status will send Haitians to “violent, needless deaths.”
Commons Presses Delivery, Strengthens Protections at Home and Abroad
From Fly-Tipping to Big Tech, MPs Demand Action
How Government Fines of $1 Million+ Are Increasingly Targeting Immigrants
A 1996 law allowing fines for some immigrants was rarely used — until Donald Trump’s second term began.
Lords Tighten Right to Buy, Eye NATO Plan
Lords Probe Policy Gaps from Gaza to Home
25 Babies and Toddlers Are in ICE Custody on an Average Day
On an average day under Trump, ICE has 25 children aged 3 or younger in custody. In total, at least 500 babies and toddlers have been detained.
Commons Issues Child Phone Nudity Ultimatum; Backs Steel Nationalisation
Reform Urged, Delay Endures: Lords Challenge Government Caution
108 Days Apart: A Wife’s Fight to Free Her Husband From Delaney Hall
Sandra Hafraoui spent months trying to bring her husband home after ICE detained him on a 16-year-old deportation order he didn’t know existed.
Scrutiny Without Division as Ministers Pledge Service Reforms
ICE Detained Them, and Then They Vanished
Under Trump, the U.S. increasingly sends immigrants all over the nation with little warning, leaving families and attorneys unsure where they are.