History Shows That Border Walls Don’t Work
A border wall is a powerful symbol of exclusion: “We” are going to keep “them” out. And, by doing so, “we” are going to protect our people, our way of…
Read MorePosted by Walter Ewing | Oct 18, 2016 | Border Enforcement
A border wall is a powerful symbol of exclusion: “We” are going to keep “them” out. And, by doing so, “we” are going to protect our people, our way of…
Read MorePosted by Walter Ewing | Apr 24, 2012 | Demographics, Economics, Enforcement
…Mexico rose from 670,000 in 1995-2000 to 1.4 million in 2005-2010. Notably, this figure includes roughly 300,000 U.S.-born children who left the country with their parents. Of the people who…
Read MorePosted by Katy Murdza | Aug 17, 2020 | Abuses, Enforcement, Interior Enforcement
…provides a unique, up-close look at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) operations in communities from 2017 to 2020 and the real-life impact of our draconian approach to immigration enforcement….
Read MorePosted by Katie Shepherd | Oct 22, 2018 | Abuses, Asylum, Border Enforcement, Detention, Enforcement, Humanitarian Protection
…over 6,000 “family units” may have been separated from April 19, 2018 until August 15, 2018—over twice as many as the government alleges. Many had hoped that the United States…
Read MorePosted by Wendy Feliz | Jun 19, 2017 | Border Enforcement, Enforcement, Humanitarian Protection
…emergencies. Often migrants get lost and are poorly equipped for the treacherous journey, succumbing to the desert heat and exhaustion. As a result, in 2004 a coalition of community groups…
Read MorePosted by Royce Murray | May 4, 2018 | Waivers and Relief from Deportation
…last of the large TPS designations to be cut, with El Salvador (195,000 beneficiaries), Haiti (46,000 beneficiaries) and Nepal (8,950 beneficiaries) all being ended since November. Honduras was originally designated…
Read MorePosted by Emily Creighton | Jan 31, 2023 | Enforcement, Interior Enforcement
…“new records.” The district court agreed. The Second Circuit, however, reversed the district court’s decision. The court focused on ICE’s use of A-Numbers as the “key” or “code” to pull…
Read MorePosted by Mary Giovagnoli | Aug 23, 2012 | DACA/DAPA, Enforcement, Legislation
…how quickly the agency can respond to changes. And facts actually do help shape legislative policy. When the sky doesn’t fall, when social services aren’t overrun, when young people with…
Read MorePosted by Joshua Breisblatt | May 29, 2018 | Border Enforcement, Detention, Enforcement, Humanitarian Protection
…had arrived at the border without an adult. Now, however, the U.S. government is making children unaccompanied by intentionally separating them from their parents upon arrival. Presumably the same policies,…
Read MorePosted by Paul McDaniel | Dec 17, 2013 | Business & the Workforce, Economics, Employment and Wages, Entrepreneurship/Innovation
…they were engineers, doctors, scientists, accountants, and nonprofit professionals. In the U.S. they become cashiers, nannies, and cab drivers, if employed at all.” Among the barriers they encounter is the…
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