The Family Is Political By Michelle Weber Highlight U.S. immigration law has a history of excluding “undesirables” from citizenship through policy. It’s doing it now with LGBTQ families, in spite of marriage equality.
Why Is Australia Deporting So Many Maori and Pacific Islanders? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Why are 60% of the New Zealanders deported from Australia Maori or Pacific Islanders?
“This Is Our Regional Refugee Crisis” By Michelle Weber Highlight The U.S. immigration system is ill-equipped to deal with refugees who are feeling real violence and hardship but who don’t qualify for asylum.
A Roll of the Immigration Law Dice By Michelle Weber Highlight Captain Noorullah Aminyar has been in detention for three years now, his asylum application subject to a system of immigration law both complex and capricious.
Deporting Billions of Tax Dollars, Farm Work, Good People, and Affordable Food Right Out of America By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight TheHudson Valley offers a glimpse of the ways deportations will effect America’s farm economy and food system.
LOL, JFK: The Hot Mess That Is U.S. Immigration Law By Michelle Weber Highlight Immigration lawyer Matt Cameron writes in The Baffler, laying bare the inequities, misconceptions, and plain messiness that characterize U.S. immigration law.
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