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February 27, 2026 | Susan Buttenwieser | Health, Immigration
ICE Deployments Disrupting Abortion Care

The increased presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and the fear of detention and deportation have had chilling impact on access to care.

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August 05, 2025 | Susan Buttenwieser | Immigration, International, Politics
Trump Administration’s Latest Target: Women Seeking Asylum

A recent decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals will make things more difficult for women making claims of gender-based persecution.

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September 15, 2022 | Susan Buttenwieser | Immigration
Has Biden Done Enough to Reform Immigration Policy?

After some very promising campaign pledges, activists are giving the administration mixed reviews on immigration.

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April 09, 2021 | Susan Buttenwieser | Immigration
Will Biden Create More Humane Immigration Policies?

Activists are pushing the Biden administration to do more than “undo the damage” caused by Trump.

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February 21, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Immigration, International
Post-Brexit immigration policy will hit women hardest, advocates say

Now that the UK has officially left the EU, the government has decided to overhaul its immigration system, and women are about to become the big losers in the process.

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December 12, 2019 | Lauren Wolfe | Health, Immigration
Denial of medical care in ICE detention is making children, women vulnerable

iI’s been a troublesome week filled with reports that migrants and refugees being held in U.S. detention are being refused medical care they desperately need.

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November 20, 2019 | Susan Buttenwieser | Immigration, LGBTQIA
LGBTQ asylum seekers are particularly endangered by Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy

Human rights advocates are decrying the Trump administration's policy of requiring asylum seekers to stay in Mexico for the duration of their immigration proceedings.

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August 14, 2019 | Rochelle Keyhan | Immigration
ICE raids: Why aren’t corporate officials accountable for hiring practices?

The Department of Homeland Security is targeting workers it should be protecting, as recent ICE raids shine a spotlight on exploitative conditions at poultry farms.

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February 21, 2019 | Aviva Stahl | Immigration, LGBTQIA
Trans woman is murdered after being deported to El Salvador — a country she left due to threats to her identity

Camila is the second trans woman reported killed in El Salvador just this month; in fact, she immigrated to the U.S. in the first place because she had received threat. Camila’s murder highlights the deadly impact of American immigration policies on vulnerable populations, especially women and LGTBQ people who migrated to the United States seeking safety.

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December 07, 2018 | Susan Buttenwieser | Gender-based violence, Immigration
Trump’s latest anti-immigrant policies harm families

The deadline is approaching for public comment on the administration's latest proposal, which is already having a damaging impact on immigrants.

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September 11, 2018 | Susan Buttenwieser | Gender-based violence, Immigration, International
Trump policies devastating to women and LGBTQ deportees

The administration's deportation practices are sending women and LGBTQ would-be asylum seekers back to dangerous situations, where threats, violence, and even death may await.

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July 25, 2018 | Susan Buttenwieser | Immigration
Outrage over Trump immigration policies fuels groundswell of grassroots organizing

The administration's family separation policy has mobilized a new wave of volunteers, donors, and activists to reunify families and fight back.

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July 05, 2018 | Jenny Warburg | Immigration
Families Belong Together March in Washington—a photo essay

In around 700 demonstrations across the country, people took to the streets on Saturday, June 30 to protest against President Trump's zero-tolerance immigration policy that separates immigrant children from their families. Below are photos taken by photojournalist Jenny Warburg during the Families Belong Together March in Washington, where an estimated 35,000 people gathered.

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July 03, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Immigration, International
Efforts to ‘assimilate’ Muslims are rising in global North; this time, in Denmark

Denmark has passed a series of laws that that subjects certain families—namely, those who live in the heavily Muslim neighborhoods the government has classified as “ghettos”—to new rules and restrictions intended to compel “assimilation” into Danish society.

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June 21, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Immigration, International, Violence against women
How immigration coverage excludes women’s voices

Unlike recent coverage at the border, the vast majority of immigration reporting excludes women's issues and voices, a new study finds.

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May 11, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Gender-based violence, Immigration, LGBTQIA
Shelter for LGBT migrants in Tijuana robbed and set on fire

Early Monday morning, six armed men robbed a Tijuana shelter where transgender women were staying. On May 8, the shelter was set on fire. Advocates voiced concern about the harassment of the trans women at the shelter and attributed this week’s violence to prejudice.

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January 18, 2018 | Susan Buttenwieser | Gender-based violence, Immigration, International
Women, girls, and LGBTI people especially endangered by Trump move to end protections for Salvadoran immigrants

Thousands of people are feeling the immediate impact of the decision to force thousands of immigrants to leave the U.S.

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December 22, 2017 | Aviva Stahl | Gender-based violence, Immigration, Politics, Violence against women
Trump appointees are preventing raped, undocumented minors from obtaining abortions

In three cases of undocumented minors needing abortions, the government has argued that merely allowing the women to physically leave a detention facility would amount to facilitating their abortions, even though no one is asking the government to transport the women to clinics or to pay for their abortions.

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September 06, 2017 | Jessica Montoya Coggins | Immigration, Politics
Trump kills DACA, striking devastating blow to DREAMers

The Trump administration officially announced yesterday that DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) would be rescinded, pending a six-month delay. For those with DACA status (known as DREAMers), the announcement was a devastating blow, and many face an uncertain future.

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June 14, 2017 | Susan Buttenwieser | Immigration, Violence against women
Trump’s anti-immigrant policies create dire “choices” for domestic violence survivors

Harsh federal policies, as well as new anti-immigrant state measures, mean greater danger for immigrant women who are survivors of domestic and sexual violence.

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January 22, 2013 | Debbie Hines | Economy, Health, Immigration, Politics, Race/Ethnicity, Violence against women
Maryland Women's Agenda for Obama's Second Term
The author checks in with state legislators from the Maryland Women's Caucus to see what they expect from President Barack Obama in his second term.
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January 04, 2013 | Mary Ann Swissler | Immigration, LGBTQIA, Politics, Race/Ethnicity, Violence against women
Violence Against Women—Unfinished Business
The new Congress will have to undo the damage caused by GOP House members who blocked reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act—legislation that until now had earned broad bipartisan support.
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September 06, 2012 | Mary Ann Swissler | Economy, Health, Immigration, LGBTQIA, Politics, Violence against women
DNC Platform—Reaching for a New Normal
The author, who last week analyzed the potential impact on women of the policies outlined in the Republican National Platform, here turns to the Democratic statement of principles.
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August 31, 2012 | Mary Ann Swissler | Health, Immigration, Politics
Tea Party, Anyone?
The GOP platform presumably states the values of the party—not good news for the 99 percent of us, argues the author.
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December 09, 2011 | Ellen Bravo | Immigration
A Child's Holiday Wish
A troop of children visited Congress yesterday to deliver messages to lawmakers: "Please let my family stay together."

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