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Will Biden’s Central America plan slow migration — or speed it up? Theres nothing new about border politics in the Biden era — all of this is actually ancient history April 4, 2021 9:01AM (UTC) Immigrants from Honduras who arrived across the Rio Grande river from Mexico rest on the U.S. side of the river on March 27, 2021, following their crossing, before making their way towards a makeshift processing checkpoint. (Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images) --

The Nation, check out our latest issue. Subscribe to Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported: Chip in $10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter. Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? Joe Biden entered the White House with some inspiring yet contradictory positions on immigration and Central America. He promised to reverse Donald Trump’s draconian anti-immigrant policies while, throu...

The Associated Press is reporting the JoeBama administration is planning to use the Dallas Convention Center to house illegal border crossers.  Within the AP article you might note the following claim: “ Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Saturday directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help manage and care for children crossing the border.”  However, due to the implications of the admission, Joe Biden has not declared a federal emergency…. that means any FEM...

On March 1, 2020 President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador held a virtual summit to discuss pressing issues key to the U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship, among them migration. The leaders agreed to cooperate and develop collaborative mechanisms to stem and manage the flow of irregular migration, particularly from Central America, by addressing the root causes of migration. While Biden’s politics on migration are not overtly anti-immigrant compared to those of his...

Ground Reports At the Migrant Camp in Tijuana with Ben Bergquam Ben Bergquam delivers live reports from the U.S-Mexico border showing exactly what is happening at the border as a result of President Joe Biden promising to allow any/all migrants into the United States.   This Tijuana ground report aligns with an earlier report from Axios about conditions at the border. Axios – Fresh internal documents from the Department of Health and Human Services show how quickly the number of child migr...

Para leer este artículo en español, haz clic aquí. The police sirens resounded through the streets of Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas. Equipped with anti-riot gear, members of the National Guard marched through the streets of this small border town, flanked by agents from the National Migration Institute (INM), prepared to stop the Honduran caravan that began its journey on January 13 from San Pedro Sula. This military paraphernalia was the latest in a long list of actions by the Mexican government ...

Aiding Central Americas "Women on the Run" Gabriela Díaz Prieto and Sarah Gammage January 19, 2016 A fence at the U.S. border. (Photo: BBC World Service) Norma remains in a detention center in the United States, where she awaits the resolution of her asylum petition. She left a neighborhood in El Salvador, controlled by the M-18 Gang, at the end of 2014. Four members of the gang kidnapped her, took her to a cemetery where they raped her and then threw her in a trashcan—all an attempt t...