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Jeff Sessions is fond of citing the Bible to support the persecution of immigrants, in stark contrast to a long tradition of biblical interpretation.
We can’t fully appreciate the current anti-immigration moment without understanding the decades-long investment by right-wing movement politics.
It is an ever-widening surveillance zone that turns borderland citizens into guardians of the state.
Trump’s Muslim ban was not just an aberration. U.S. citizenship has long been predicated on whiteness as it was understood in 1790.
The moral right of states to apprehend and deport irregular migrants erodes with the passage of time.
A recent conference made it clear: military and corporate interests will prevail.
We can learn from the surprising coalition of people who sheltered and rescued escaped slaves.
Basic income is a seductive poison that would benefit the margins of society at the expense of the middle class and immigrants.
Following the 2014 immigration crisis, Valeria Luiselli began volunteering at a New York City immigration court. This is what she heard.
Stayed or not, Trump's ban highlights the need for strong immigrant rights.
Public safety is precisely why sanctuary cities are a good idea.
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For too long we have acquiesced to Islamophobic government policies. The cost of our silence is now clear.
Refugee scholars in Europe face tremendous obstacles. Now some universities are trying to change that.
Islamophobia is a shared project of the Democrat and Republican parties, long preceding the rise of white nationalism and Trump.
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Undocumented immigrants face horrible conditions in U.S. detention, with little legal recourse.
For many EU citizens in the UK, the Brexit vote means the end of home as they know it.
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