“Members of the vigilante group United Constitutional Patriots have repeatedly filmed themselves detaining migrants illegally at gunpoint. Peter Simonson of the New Mexico ACLU says the vigilantes’ actions could have had tacit approval from immigration authorities. “There is plenty of video evidence … that suggests that the Border Patrol is actively collaborating with these folks,…
“During the 20th century, hundreds of thousands of Haitians crossed into the wealthier Dominican Republic to escape poverty and political instability only to face color-based racism and repression. Recently, the Dominican government drew international outrage when it ended birthright citizenship for people born to undocumented Haitians in the country. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano reports.” Watch…
“The rise in immigration around the world has become a worldwide topic of discussion as the number of international migrants has reached millions worldwide. Kourosh speaks regarding the relationship between immigration and culture and the hardships of his Father while moving from Iran to Canada in search of a better life. Kourosh is a seasoned…
“In January 2017, President Trump signed an executive order to hire 5,000 additional border patrol agents. Two years later, only 118 have joined the agency. USA Today reporter Alan Gomez talks with Hari Sreenivasan about how changing schedules, remote locations with few amenities, increasing workloads and stress have made recruiting, deploying and retaining agents a…
“Luke Ritter’s talk draws comparisons between anti-Islamicism today and anti-Catholicism in the past and suggests that the history of American-immigrant relations warrants a few predictions about the future of Islam in the U.S. Dr. Luke Ritter completed his Ph.D. in American History at Saint Louis University in 2014 and accepted a full-time teaching position at…
“Migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border are a money-making enterprise for smugglers and powerful cartels. It’s the subject of “Border Hustle”, an investigation and short documentary from The Texas Tribune and Time magazine. Reporter Jay Root joins Hari Sreenivasan for a look inside the dangerous and expensive journeys.” Watch more at https://www.pbs.org/newshour/
“Extended conversation with Greg Grandin, author of the new book, “The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America.” Grandin is a professor at New York University and a Pulitzer Prize finalist.” Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and…
“The U.S. is reportedly experiencing illegal immigration at the highest rates since 2007, with significant increases in the number of unaccompanied minors. It is these child migrants who are the subject of Valeria Luiselli’s book “Lost Children Archive.” Luiselli talks to Jeffrey Brown about her experience helping child asylum seekers, balancing truth and fiction and…
“We wanted to send a message to the ICE officers, Border Patrol: Every single time you detain somebody, could they be an infiltrator?” says Mohammad Abdollahi, an undocumented immigrants rights activist who starred in The Infiltrators, a film about organizing detainees in Florida’s Broward Transitional Facility. We spoke with the immigrant rights activist at the…
“Tuesday’s hearing over child separations at the border, held in front of the House Judiciary Committee, elicited heated debates and strong public reactions, as representatives from several government agencies attempted to answer congressional inquiry over the controversial immigration policy. Amna Nawaz reports and talks to Judy Woodruff about troubling new information and what happens next.”…