In May of 1882, Congress codified these fears into law by passing the Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned Chinese people from ...

heading to Central America to drive home the message that the U.S. expects cooperation in its mass deportation of immigrants. But newly confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio will need to be ...

classrooms and businesses behind to join a nationwide “Day Without Immigrants” protest — one meant to show just how vital they are to the fabric of American society. About 400 people ...

Donald Trump, America’s new president, has cut back massively on US commitments to asylum seekers, blocked all asylum processes and started to remove irregular immigrants. Trump’s new measures ...

These are two linked trends that make closing the borders of the global north impractical and destined for revision.

During passage of the 14th amendment in the 1800s, John Conness fought proto-Trumpian demands to exclude some groups.

A Princeton sociologist said since the U.S. didn't welcome those fleeing Cold War–era regimes, "churches [and] synagogues declared themselves to be a sanctuary to refugees." ...

In the late 1800s ... changes to the immigration system, from gutting legal pathways like refugee admissions to launching the largest mass deportation program in American history.

“Cold War politics brought U.S. support to repressive and violent regimes in Central America,” Filiz ... as the patron saint of immigrants. And in the 1800s, churches served as vital links ...

In the late 1800s ... changes to the immigration system, from gutting legal pathways like refugee admissions to launching the largest mass deportation program in American history.