Immigration

A year ago, 40 men were killed in a detention center fire in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. An examination by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune shows that it was the foreseen and foreseeable result of landmark shifts in U.S. border policies.

After unprecedented protests swept Cuba in 2021, a wave of people left the island to cross the United States’ southern border. One was journalist Jesús Jank Curbelo, who tells his story of being smuggled through Central America and Mexico.

Echoes of U.S. Border Policies Impact Ecuador, Restricting Chinese Migrants.

Filmmaker Joseph Mathew takes us on a journey that explores the power migrants can have, while portraying real characters.

The lack of personal identification is a barrier for many immigrants across the U.S. The soon-to-be-implemented REAL ID policy threatens to keep more people on society’s margins.

Years of separation weigh heavily on Central American immigrant parents in the San Francisco Bay Area who yearn to reunite with the children they left behind.

Many asylum seekers in the United States journeyed through danger in Latin America. Then, thousands were bussed from the border to await far-off immigration court dates in far-off places like New York. Now many are stuck, forced to beg churches for help or take low-paid clandestine jobs to support families and pay off smugglers.

Overextended volunteers offer a warm welcome and friendly faces to asylum seekers after a long treacherous journey. At times, needs outstrip capacity.