The president is shutting the door to millions seeking refugee status—but reportedly seeking preferences for white South Africans, English speakers, and Europeans who oppose migration. He may be in for a surprise.
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Trump Won’t Tell You How He Takes Aim at Legal Immigration
Trump failed once to implement his mass deportation plans for illegal migrants and did more as president to curtail legal immigration. By contrast, with a cooperative Congress, Harris can quickly pass the bipartisan border security bill.
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Biden’s Smart Immigration Idea
The Welcome Corps allows Americans to sponsor groups of vetted migrants seeking asylum and help newcomers settle in their communities.
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The Trauma of Ukraine’s Civilians Will Haunt Them, and Us, for Generations
The psychic scars of Putin’s war are already showing. Mental health professionals from Ukraine and around the world are racing to help.
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Migrants Are Increasingly Crossing the English Channel—and Dying Along the Way
How an overstuffed refugee camp on an Italian island shows the depths of the refugee nightmare.
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Let’s Hope We Uphold Our Obligations To Afghan Refugees Better Than We Did for Central Americans
As in Afghanistan, failed U.S. policies put Central Americans in danger. Yet like Trump before him, Biden’s slamming the door in their faces.
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From the U.S. to the Mideast, Beware of Media Manipulation
In an age of photo alterations and deep fakes, it’s easy to deceive. Look at these pictures of a camp of Syrian refugees.
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Republican Governors Are Rejecting Trump’s Anti-Refugee Agenda
The president’s attempt to create a wedge issue is backfiring.
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The Next Chapter of the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Lebanon is about to kick 1.5 million Syrians out of the country—and they have nowhere else to go.
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Trump Intentionally Inflicts Harm on Refugees as a Show of Force
The roundup is about to begin. On Sunday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will start the process of arresting undocumented migrants. Their efforts will target ten major U.S. cities and will focus on at least 2,000 people who have been ordered deported—primarily for failure to appear in court for asylum hearings. This is the operation […]
