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September 25, 2024
Jordan Heller
What Kamala Harris Should Brag About at the Southern Border This Week
She actually has a success story on immigration policy. So why doesn’t she tout it?
January 18, 2024
James North
What the Media Gets Wrong About the So-Called Border Crisis
The mainstream press’s dark warnings about a flood of migrants are underpinned by a staggering ignorance about where asylum-seekers are coming from—and why they’re fleeing for their lives.
December 2, 2021
Jared Olson
What Happens After a U.S.-Enabled Narco-Dictatorship Ends?
Xiomara Castro’s win in Honduras means the end of Juan Orlando Hernández’s corrupt reign—and a chance for the U.S. to reform its broken policy toward Central America.
June 19, 2019
Alex Shephard
Trump’s Kick-Off Rally Showcases What the President Does Best
Turns out the last refuge of a scoundrel isn't patriotism—it's racism.
June 5, 2019
Mark Weisbrot
Tariffs Are a Bad Response to an Imaginary Border Crisis
The migrants that do arrive in the U.S. are fleeing situations exacerbated by decades of bad American foreign policy. Tariffs on Mexico would continue that pattern.
March 13, 2019
Mark Weisbrot
The Reality Behind Trump’s Coalition for Regime Change in Venezuela
Some of the governments supporting Trump's plan to starve Venezuela into submission are none too savory, themselves.
March 1, 2019
Megan Janetsky
Do Venezuelans Actually Want U.S. Help?
Depends whom you ask, and depends on what kind of help.
October 23, 2018
Lauren Kaori Gurley
The Reality Behind ‘Migrant Caravans’
Trump may berate the Mexican police for not doing more, but in fact Mexico has been heavily militarized against immigration for years—with U.S. funding.
June 8, 2018
Matt Ford
The Immigration Forces Beyond Trump’s Control
The administration took credit for a drop in border arrests last year. Now they're on the rise again.
June 6, 2018
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Ioan Grillo
When Democracy Isn’t Enough
Elections and free markets haven’t solved the real problems in Latin America.
May 1, 2018
Matt Ford
The Migrant Caravan Enters Trump’s Hostile Immigration Maze
After trekking through Mexico, the Central American asylum seekers now face an unsympathetic administration.
April 26, 2018
Alex Gladstein
Why Dictators Love Development Statistics
They're an easily faked way to score international points.
January 8, 2018
Rachel Stone
Trump’s favorite immigration target: people fleeing war and natural disasters.
March 22, 2016
Steven Cohen
Why Bernie’s Foreign Policy Is More Important Than Ever
Sanders has a new responsibility to drive the politics of national security in a better direction.
February 18, 2016
Steven Cohen
The Immigration Debate We’re Not Having
Central American turmoil and the drug war are fueling our immigration problems—but you’d never know it from listening to the Democrats or Republicans.
January 15, 2016
Steven Cohen
Rick Santorum: Deporting immigrants is a “gift” to their native countries.
February 5, 2015
Dawn Paley
Obama's Central American Rescue Plan Will Only Make Life There Worse
December 15, 2014
Danielle Marie Mackey
“I’ve Seen All Sorts of Horrific Things in My Time. But None as Detrimental to the Country as This.”
U.S. conservatives are about to run a dangerous economic experiment in Honduras
July 25, 2014
Alec MacGillis
Obama Understands the Border Crisis Better Than Rick Perry. His Child-Migrant Plan Proves It.
July 14, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
The Border Crisis Is Complex. This Conservative Pundit Isn't Helping.
Simply shipping kids back to Central America isn't a solution.
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