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‘All the Doors are Closed to Afghans’: From Fall of Kabul to Limbo in Mexico
April 14th Media Critique – Nina Andersonhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/12/afghan-asylum-seekers-mexico-us-border The article I chose is called ‘All the doors are closed to Afghans’: from fall of Kabul to limbo in Mexico by James Frederick. It focuses on Afghan immigrants who flee dangerous conditions in their home country by traveling to Mexico with the intention of eventually moving north…
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U.S. to test expedited asylum screenings at Mexico border
Illegal Migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border are now being offered “credible fear hearings” by asylum officers as part of a new initiative put in place by the Biden administration. This program provides migrants proper access to legal counsel and requires asylum officers to be present instead of border patrol agents (who had previously conducted screenings…
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Safety Net Barriers Add to Child Poverty in Immigrant Families
This article highlights current issues in the United States with children of immigrants living under the poverty line. Specifically, the article shares the stories of two families, the Acevedos and the Garcias, living in Nashville, Tennessee. The Acevedos are undocumented and earn only $26,000 a year. Their daughter Jacqueline was born in the US. If…
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Death and Justice on the Border: A Migrant is Killed, a Rancher is Charged
A rancher in Santa Cruz, Arizona has been charged with the murder of Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, a migrant who was crossing across his land after his group was scattered by Border Patrol. Cuen-Buitimea was unarmed and shot in the back. George Kelly has pled not guilty to second-degree murder, but his arrest has sparked outrage and…
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Bodies of migrants found in St. Lawrence River identified
Eight bodies of migrants were found in a marsh on the St. Lawrence River on March 30th. They were found in a Mohawk indigenous territory in Quebec, Canada and were believed to be trying to cross into the United States. The group of migrants consisted of two families. One from Romania, a 28-year-old couple and…
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Migrant deaths at Mexican detention centre investigated as suspected homicide
There was a fire at a detention center in Mexico, causing 39 migrants to die. It is currently being investigated as a homicide because of video evidence that shows that there was no action taken in terms of evacuating the migrants. There are 8 people who were identified as allegedly responsible for the failure. The…
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Immigration agents detained more than 120,000 migrants in 2022
The event that is being presented in this article is the amount of migrants that have been detained by agents at the southern border in 2022. The National Immigration Institute (INM) has come out with statements on the increase of immigration detainment within the past year. It is quoted that 4,000 migrants crossed the southern…
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New Policy Update to Protect Hundreds of Thousands of “Aged Out” Children
The U.S. government has made a new rule to help kids whose parents come to work in the U.S. with a temporary visa. The rule aims to protect these children from having to leave the U.S. while their parents wait for a green card, which can take years. If the child turns 21 while the…
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Anti-China Land Ownership Proposals
A rally against state Senate Bill 147,which would ban Chinese citizens from buying real estate in Texas, outside City Hall in Houston on January 23. This article was written by Zachary B. Wolf and was published by CNN. This article is mainly about new controversial bills that are being proposed by some U.S. legislators. This…
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Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.
There has been a huge spike in migrant children seeking jobs in the Unites States. Most of them being persuaded by their families seeking money to survive. Most of these parents willingly send their children to the border, knowing that they would not have made it across themselves. This article focused on one case specifically.…