Immigrants
US migrant flights to Liberia evoke troubling history of sending people deemed unwanted to the West African nation
In the 1800s, West Africa became a focal point for efforts to remove Black people from America. The arrival of free people later gave the country its name.
School choice proponents say it offers families more options – but those don’t always extend to immigrant students
School choice heavily influences immigrant students’ experiences in Charleston schools and can leave them in segregated academic environments, new findings show.
From Belfast to Washington, a familiar script of the ‘dangerous migrant’ has emerged
In many cases, a single, shocking crime allegedly involving a foreign-born suspect was quickly reframed into a broader indictment of minorities.
In deep‑red Idaho, even Republicans break with Trump on farm labor
A statewide survey finds majorities in farm country at odds with the deportation push reshaping their workforce.
The Constitution promises an interpreter for fair trials – US courts often can’t deliver
Federal protections promise a fair trial in a language you understand, but for millions who speak lesser-known languages, courts can’t keep that promise.
How Fox News viewership increases belief in the anti‑immigrant great replacement theory
White Americans who watch Fox News are more likely to agree that shadowy political elites are embracing permissive immigration policies to replace native-born white Americans.
Chilling effects of Trump’s war on free speech extend far beyond campus walls – and that’s the point
A persistent government strategy to sow fear through punitive measures has corroded freedom and democracy.
What to do if someone you know in Philadelphia or elsewhere is detained by ICE
Pennsylvania’s patchwork of ICE detention centers makes it difficult to track loved ones.
ICE’s heavy‑handed immigration enforcement was tried once before – by Arizona’s notorious sheriff Joe Arpaio in the early 2000s
The Trump administration’s immigration detention policies appear to be, in part, inspired by the heavy-handed tactics of the former Arizona sheriff.