The White House gamifies cruelty with Rio Run and Tom Homan
There is a particular kind of chill that comes from watching a superpower treat the displacement of human beings as a matter of digital entertainment.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
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Washington treats people as cargo dumped to Central African Republic
There are times when the sheer banality of a policy decision—the kind that sounds less like governance and more like logistical accounting—is what makes it most profoundly disturbing.
By Caroline Ashford ·
Mamdani terminating Haitian city employees in country under TPS program Trump killed
The law is supposed to be a scaffold for justice, not a demolition crew aimed at whole communities.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Alien Terrorist Removal Court holds its first-ever hearing after 30 years
The American legal system prides itself on its mechanisms for balancing security and liberty.
By Dana Whitfield ·
DOJ tapped never-used ‘alien terrorist’ court to deport mother of convicted ISIS supporter
The American state has always had a favorite trick when it needs to silence dissent or erase inconvenient populations: the specialized court.
By Maya Ellison ·
Asylum seekers fear case dismissal if they miss a $100 fee — even when notices fail to arrive
The promise of an orderly system—whether it’s a smart grid or an immigration court—always runs on someone else's dwindling resources.
By Imani Sutton ·
Asylum seekers could be sent directly to deportation under new federal rule
We are told this is about efficiency. We are told it’s about reducing the backlog—a number that has swelled to roughly 1.4 million pending asylum cases, according to one reporting source.
By Alma Cordero ·