Immigration Archives

TIJUANA, MEXICO - SEPTEMBER 25: People enjoy a late afternoon near the U.S.-Mexico border fence which ends in the Pacific Ocean on September 25, 2016 in Tijuana, Mexico. Friendship Park, located on the border between the two countries is one of the few places on the 2,000-mile border where separated families are allowed to meet. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Tijuana Is a Hub of Exile and Hope for Deportees and Migrants

Leighton Akio Woodhouse, Pedro Armando Aparicio, Adam Markle

- Mar. 23, 2017

Tijuana is less a place where people go to live than a place where people end up, but deportees and hopeful migrants are finding community together.

The War on Immigrants

13-Year-Old Who Filmed Father’s Arrest by ICE Struggles With His Absence

Leighton Akio Woodhouse

- Mar. 8, 2017

Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez was taking his daughters to school when ICE detained him outside the school. His daughter Fatima filmed the arrest. He now awaits deportation.

Trump’s Muslim Ban Is Culmination of War on Terror Mentality but Still Uniquely Shameful

Glenn Greenwald

- Jan. 28, 2017

The humanitarian horrors from this policy are obvious, but what comes next?

Yolanda Varona, co-director and founder of the Dreamers Moms, looks out the window of the group's headquarters in Tijuana, Mexico on April 9, 2016. Varona was deported and separated from her children in 2014. She founded the group as a way for deported mothers to support each other in the fight to see their children again.

Deported Mothers, Separated From Their Children, Wait in Limbo at the Mexican Border

Natalie Keyssar, Chelsea Matiash

- Jan. 28, 2017

The Dreamers Moms of Tijuana all have one thing in common: They have been separated from their children in the United States.

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: People protest in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, on April 25, 2012 in Washington, DC. Later this morning the high court will hear arguments on Arizona v. United States and will be tasked with deciding the conflicting roles of national and state governments in controlling the lives of noncitizens living illegally in the U.S. while deciding the constitutionality of Arizona's immigration law SB 1070. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Insane Traffic Stop Tests 'Show Me Your Papers' Law

Natasha Vargas-Cooper

- Sep. 26, 2014

A mother of three with a pending domestic violence visa was detained for five days over a traffic violation. Now she's a legal test case.

Letter From the Border: New Crisis is the Old Crisis

Natasha Vargas-Cooper

- Aug. 22, 2014

MCALLEN, Texas – Ana* arrives at the makeshift shelter, ten miles away from the Texas border, with detention papers in one hand and a sunburned infant in the other.