Republicans in Texas have complained for months about President Joe Biden supposedly ignoring a border crisis. Now that Biden traveled to the border with a bipartisan delegation over the weekend, Republicans could only muster jeers. Biden traveled to El Paso on the...
When I was young, I was simultaneously closeted for being queer and in the shadows for being undocumented. While I’ve long been out and proud about both, I’ve learned first-hand that progress isn’t linear nor inevitable. Sometimes it takes decades for real change to...
Today, the Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments in the case United States v. Texas. This case, which has also been brought by Louisiana, has the potential to upend federal immigration policy. Last year, the Department of Homeland Security issued a memorandum...
Before fleeing the Taliban in 2016, I’d spent six years as a translator, conducting high-level military missions for American forces and government officials. I’d also worked for six years in the USAID funded project as an administrative executive and had both a...
On Friday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirmed over 5,000 Texas asylum seekers have settled in the city after buses of migrants arrived last weekend under Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s order. In an interview with CBS New York, Adams said he spoke with the Biden...
While some Americans celebrated the victory of the U.S. Supreme Court siding with the Biden administration to end Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy, Haitians and other Black migrants are still experiencing racism and discrimination under the guise of public...
Much has been written in recent days about the present American baby formula shortage, the worst in decades. Now, Governor Greg Abbott is utilizing the crisis to attack those he believes to be responsible: immigrant babies. The shortage stems from a bacterial...
Gov. Greg Abbott fulfilled his promise to bus migrants to DC this week, flooding the nation’s capital with a whopping… 70 people. Seriously, three busloads over three days and that’s all Abbott could muster. Not great for Texas’ reputation as the state where...
By May 23, the Biden Administration is said to scrap Title 42, a controversial Trump-era policy that expels asylum seekers in the United States based on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. For context, on March 11, the same day President Biden announced an end to Title 42,...