Cora Currier

Cora Currier is an editor and reporter covering national security, immigration, human rights and other topics. She previously worked at ProPublica and the New Yorker, and was a lead researcher on several books of history and politics. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

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The War on ImmigrantsTrump Administration’s Limits on Asylum for Domestic Violence Put Guatemalan Women in Peril

Cora Currier — November 2 2018

In June, Attorney General Jeff Sessions placed new limits on the ability of domestic violence victims to receive asylum, with dire consequences for Guatemalan women.

The War on ImmigrantsThe Trump Administration Carried Out Thousands More Family Separations Than Previously Acknowledged

Ryan Devereaux, Alice Speri, Cora Currier — October 11 2018

An Amnesty International report describes an orchestrated campaign by the Trump administration to seek “the full dismantling of the U.S. asylum system.”

Supreme PrivilegeEvery Right to Be Angry: Two New Books on Women’s Rage Are Timed Perfectly for the Brett Kavanaugh Debacle

Cora Currier — October 7 2018

Rebecca Traister and Soraya Chemaly explore the function of women’s anger in U.S. politics, but we need to look to the margins to see true feminist power.

The War on Immigrants“Zero Tolerance” Pushed Asylum-Seekers to Cross the Border Illegally, DHS Report Confirms

Cora Currier, Ryan Devereaux — October 3 2018

A report by the DHS inspector general also shows that Jeff Sessions and Kirstjen Nielsen lied about prosecuting asylum-seekers at the border.

The War on ImmigrantsEl Salvador Is Trying to Stop Gang Violence. But the Trump Administration Keeps Pushing Failed “Iron Fist” Policing.

Danielle Mackey, Cora Currier — October 2 2018

The U.S. government is funding important new gang rehabilitation programs with one hand, and punitive policing with the other.

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