Immigration
Push for Creole courses in schools stokes historic anti‑Haitian feeling in Dominican Republic
Haitians have moved to the neighboring Dominican Republic in large numbers over the last century, which has made Creole the second-most widely spoken language there.
Why Hispanic Americans are losing faith in the American Dream
A public opinion researcher explains why this group’s declining faith goes beyond partisanship and reflects a fundamental question about its sense of belonging.
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.
What comes next for the 1 million people who have lost – or will soon lose – Temporary Protected Status
Congress never built a path from temporary status to permanent residence, leaving many people facing deportation with little recourse.
Immigration enforcement is supplying a long‑standing economic market for prisoners
Rural places have long built and expanded prisons to tap federal funds during hard times.
After Supreme Court setback, Trump again targets immigration by expanding definition of birthright citizenship
Two new executive orders take aim at aspects of birthright citizenship the high court did not address in its June 2026 ruling.
The forgotten racial history of Alligator Alcatraz
The recently shuttered immigrant detention facility continued a long tradition of using alligators in ways that have reinforced demeaning racial stereotypes.
After Ceuta, Europe is once again mired in migration chaos of its own making
Anti-immigration critics seized on the Ceuta migrant situation as evidence of the failure of soft policies, but in reality the bloc has become far more restrictionist in the past decade.
As lawmakers politicize the 250th anniversary, Americans are looking for unity over division
While discord exists over the meaning of the 250th anniversary, Americans strongly believe there is more that unites the country than divides it.
Justice Jackson’s birthright citizenship opinion includes Black Americans in the story of the nation’s search for equality
Jackson’s concurrence traces the 14th Amendment to work done by people ‘beyond Congress’ and Black Americans who ‘helped galvanize the push for full equality.’