The War on Immigrants
Floaters: Our Reflection in the Rio Grande
Migrant children are drowning at the border. Their deaths are met with indifference. Rescue workers call these bodies “floaters.”
Debbie Nathan
Debbie Nathan lives in Brownsville, Texas, on the Mexico border, and has been writing about the border and immigration for over three decades.
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Tragedy in Texas as Pandemic Border Policy Ends — and a Rush to Judgment
The hate-crime narrative that emerged after migrants were killed in Brownsville ignored details about history and life in the border town.
AI Art Sites Censor Prompts About Abortion
“Why are they censoring something that is clearly under attack?”
The War on Immigrants
Was the Killing of a Migrant by a Former ICE Warden a Hate Crime or a Terrible Accident?
At Fivemile Tank, a watering hole in the bleak desert of West Texas, two men pulled up in a truck. One aimed a gun into the brush.
The War on Immigrants
Asylum-Seekers Expelled by Biden Administration Say They Feel Deceived
Central American families arrived in Mexico’s Ciudad Juárez disoriented and disconsolate; many didn’t realize they were being expelled from the U.S.
The War on Immigrants
ICE Admits Wrongful Deportation of Guatemalan Man
Cesar Marroquín was preparing for his immigration hearing when he was forced by ICE onto a plane to Guatemala and deported.
The War on Immigrants
First She Was Separated From Her Family, Now She's Separated From School
A refugee child, once separated from her mother at the border by Trump, now struggles with online school.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Women in ICE Detention Face Reprisals for Speaking Up About Fears of Covid-19
ICE detainees in Georgia and Louisiana were punished after making videos that went public. Meanwhile, journalists’ access to sources has been blocked.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Women in ICE Detention, Fearing Coronavirus, Make Video to Protest Unsafe Conditions
Women at a Louisiana ICE detention center are using video visitation software to communicate their fears of contracting the coronavirus.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Overcrowded Border Hearings Risk Spreading the Coronavirus
At an immigration hearing in El Paso on Monday morning, the crowding put everyone at risk for the coronavirus. Except the judge, who was in Fort Worth.