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Biden Continues to Detain Migrant Children in Detention Camps

Biden follows in the footsteps of his predecessors, detaining thousands of migrant children in “temporary detention camps” for extended periods. The Dallas Convention Center in Texas is the latest facility co-opted by the Biden administration to be a holding cell for migrant teenagers.

M.K. Kumar

March 20, 2021

2020 Was One of the Deadliest Years for Migrants — and Not Just Because of COVID

Brutal immigration policies in the United States and Europe resulted in the deaths of more than 3,200 migrants in 2020.

James Dennis Hoff

January 1, 2021

Trump Said Build the Wall, Biden Says Keep the Wall and Build Border Drones

Last Wednesday, Joe Biden promised kinder border enforcement than Trump, but he refused to pledge that he would dismantle Trump’s border wall.

Daniel Nath

August 11, 2020

Raising the Level of Confrontation Against ICE

“Your neighbor runs a concentration camp!” Last month, 200 people protested at the home of the warden of a private immigrant detention facility in Aurora, Colorado. A member of the Denver Communists provides an inside report on an action that incited a local firestorm.

James Rotten

October 7, 2019

The Re-Colonization of Mexico: Trump and AMLO Agree to Use Mexican National Guard as U.S. Border Patrol

The following is a statement by socialists in Mexico and the United States against the U.S. government's anti-immigrant offensive. It was published simultaneously in English on Left Voice and in Spanish on La Izquierda Diario México.

Left Voice

June 11, 2019

Trans Rights Have No Borders: Johana and Roxanna’s Lives Matter

On the first day of LGBTQ+ Pride month, Johana Medina Leon died four days after being released from ICE custody.

Vigilante Border Militias and U.S. Border Patrol: La Misma Porqueria

As far-right groups continue to operate with near impunity, authorities are cracking down on activists who are attempting to prevent the deaths of immigrants.

Sybil Davis

April 27, 2019

Borders and Capitalism: A Socialist Perspective

The socialist left needs to transform the opposition to ICE into a struggle for open borders. As part of the debate around Bernie Sander's opposition to open borders, we are publishing this article from the latest issue of Left Voice magazine.

Sonja Krieger

April 22, 2019

Sanders Votes for Increased Border Security Despite Progressive Opposition

Bernie Sanders was notably one of the only progressives in Congress to vote in favor of the recent spending bill to keep the government open. In doing so, he failed to fight in the interest of both immigrant and federal workers.

Madeleine Freeman

February 20, 2019