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Images Show Over-Crowded and Inhumane Child Detention Centers Under the Biden Administration

Images released by Rep. Henry Cuellar's (D-Texas) reveal the inhumane and over-crowded conditions in a temporary Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility in Donna, Texas.

Left Voice

March 22, 2021

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

Mexico’s President Wants to Turn Migrant Laborers into Semi-slaves in the United States

The Mexican president has proposed a modified version of the Bracero Program implemented near the end of World War II. It would allow super-exploited Mexican migrant laborers to work in the United States without full rights.

Detention Centers for Migrant Children Aren’t Summer Camp, They Are Concentration Camps

The Biden administration and the capitalist media are describing the detention camps for migrant children like summer camp. It's indicative of exactly what the Democratic Party is: brutality and repression dressed up with butterflies and rainbows.

Tatiana Cozzarelli

February 24, 2021

The “Lesser Evil” Is Here, and Kids Are Still in Cages

The Biden administration’s promises of a softened stance on immigration are proving hollow, as the Department of Health and Human Services reopens a formerly shuttered detention camp for unaccompanied migrant children

B.C. Daurelle

February 24, 2021

Socialists in the United States, Mexico, and Costa Rica Stand in Solidarity With the Honduran Migrant Caravan

On January 14, a caravan of about six thousand migrants from Honduras marching towards the United States was violently repressed by the Guatemalan army. This repressive policy against migrants was ordered by the U.S. imperialist government.

Left Voice

January 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

Thousands of Undocumented Migrants Demand Naturalization in France

On Friday, International Migrants Day, 270 organizations in France called for demonstrations in different cities in support of an action by undocumented immigrants. French president Emmanuel Macron has condemned thousands of people to live in fear and precariousness, but many are going out into the streets to demand the normalization of status for all.

The Newest Member of Biden’s Transition Team: Defender of Obama Era Deportations and Family Separations

Obama’s top immigration advisor, Cecilia Muñoz has been named to Biden’s transition team. Well known for defending Obama’s record of deportation, her appointment shows continuity between Biden and Obama’s immigration policies.

Tatiana Cozzarelli

November 14, 2020