“More than 3,000 human remains have been found in the Sonoran Desert, most of them of migrants fleeing their home countries to embark on an uncertain and perilous journey to the United States. On a recent visit to the Arizona borderlands, Democracy Now! accompanied Tucson-based artist Alvaro Enciso into the desert at the site where…
“The Trump administration is proposing major changes to rules about how long migrant families can be held in government custody, arguing that the move will yield more humane conditions in detention facilities. But critics fear the regulations will have the opposite effect. William Brangham talks to Warren Binford of Willamette University College of Law, about…
“Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sonia Nazario gives a harrowing account of a bus driver’s cash drop she witnessed during a ride-along while reporting for her recent New York Times cover story, “Pay or Die: MS-13 and 18th street gangsters want to run Honduras.” For nearly a decade, gangs have been extorting cash from transportation workers in…
“Seven Mississippi poultry plants were raided this week in the largest single-state raid in U.S. history, resulting in 680 arrests. These raids followed closely behind the massacre in El Paso, Texas, where a white nationalist released a manifesto citing a “Hispanic invasion of Texas” before killing 22 people in a Walmart. “America is infected with…
“Do immigrants need the United States, or does the United States need its immigrants? Writer, researcher, and first-generation immigrant American Nalini Krishnankutty showcases many surprising examples of traditions, businesses, and ideas that are considered All-American today, but which owe their origins to first-generation immigrants. She examines whether Americans ever truly welcomed immigrants, and provides parallels…
“44-year-old immigrant from Mexico died last week at Stewart Detention Center, one of the largest immigration jails in the United States and one that has been plagued by allegations of neglect and abuse for years. Pedro Arriago-Santoya was the fourth person to die at Stewart in just two years and the seventh person to die…
“More than a week after lawmakers flocked to the U.S.-Mexico border to observe the horrible treatment of refugee children and families in immigration jails, reports of unsafe and unsanitary conditions for asylum seekers are continuing. In Clint, Texas, the Border Patrol station that garnered international attention for jailing hundreds of migrant children without access to…
“Although the Trump administration has faced criticism for overcrowded and unsanitary migrant detention facilities, the president seems to be sticking to his hardline stance on immigration. He rejected a federal court ruling that it’s unconstitutional to hold asylum-seekers indefinitely without bail and insists a census citizenship question is moving forward. Yamiche Alcindor joins Judy Woodruff.”…
As we celebrate American History this week, PalacioMagazine.com will feature a daily tribute to the history that defines who we are as a nation. From the History Channel: “An estimated 40% of Americans are descended from people who passed through the Ellis Island immigration station during its six decades of operation. But what was the…
“The Associated Press details grave conditions inside a Texas migrant detention facility where 250 infants, children and teenagers were being held without adequate food, water or sanitation during a recent visit. Warren Binford, a law professor at Willamette University, joins William Brangham to share her firsthand account, what Border Patrol agents think and what’s next…