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The Tech Worker With a 4-Hour Commute From the West Bank to Tel Aviv
Moha Alshawamreh is among the few Palestinians who work in Israel’s tech industry. His commute shows both the inequities of life in the West Bank and an exception to them.
Speaker, Speaker, What Do You See? I See MAGA Looking at Me.
Kevin McCarthy gets his chance to bang the gavel.
They Built the Wall. Now Some in Texas Fear It May Fall Down.
A scandal-plagued private border fence is essentially orphaned, mostly redundant and, engineers found, at risk of floating away in a flood.
US Sues Arizona for Gov. Doug Ducey’s Shipping Containers Border Wall
Doug Ducey, the outgoing governor of Arizona, spent $82 million to stack shipping containers along the border with Mexico. His successor, Katie Hobbs, calls it a waste of money.
Can Republicans and Democrats Find a Way Forward on Immigration?
Any hope for immigration reform on undocumented Dreamers, border security or legal immigration will likely hinge on compromise, something that has eluded lawmakers for decades.
Democrats Twist and Turn on Immigration as Republicans Attack in Waves
Democratic candidates are either avoiding border issues or talking about them on Republicans’ terms. And the party’s grass-roots allies are struggling for cash and battling burnout.
The Midterms Aren’t the Only Thing That’s Looming
Borders all over the world are in dispute, and they are not all geographical.
Is There Anything That Will Make the ‘Former Guy’ Go Away?
Pardon politics make for strange bedfellows.
The Border Crisis Could Still Be Biden’s Opportunity
But first it would help to admit that the border is not secure.
Little Amal Arrives in New York, With a Message of Hope and Humanity
The 12-foot-tall Syrian refugee puppet traveled from Turkey to Britain last year. Now, she will spend nearly three weeks in the five boroughs taking part in numerous events.
Education in America: School Is for Hope
Many migrant parents believe that American schools promise their children the opportunity for a better life.
The Deaths of Migrants in Melilla Is a Story We’ve Heard Before
The deaths of migrants in Melilla, a Spanish enclave in northern Morocco, is gut-wrenching.
French Lessons for the Biden Administration
Macron’s victory is a reminder to Democrats to find the center on immigration.
Woman Dies After Trying to Scale Border Fence Into Arizona
The woman, who was using a climbing harness, became “ensnared” on the border fence just west of Douglas, Ariz. Officials said she was trapped upside down for a “significant amount of time.”
Is Trump the Democrats’ Secret Weapon?
There are days when it certainly seems that way.
In a Village Divided, Palestinians See Their Hold on Territory Eroding
Carved up over decades, the village of Walaja sits partly in the occupied West Bank and partly in Jerusalem. Palestinians say this type of fragmentation undermines prospects for a state.
Whitney Biennial Curators Seek American Art on the Border
As they put the final touches to the influential survey of American art, two curators went on the road to test their hunches, and found value in stepping outside.
At CPAC, Trump Misleads About Biden, a Russian Pipeline and Gas Prices
The former president made inaccurate claims about his border wall, the Biden administration and a Russian pipeline, among other topics.
The Unrescued
After the U.S. withdrew, thousands of Afghans have been trying to escape. But how do we decide who deserves refuge?
Turkey Blames Greece After 12 Migrants Freeze to Death
A Turkish minister accused Greek border guards of taking the group’s clothes and shoes and then forcing them back across the border, a claim that Greece denied.
To Reach South Korea, He Risked His Life. To Leave It, He Did It Again.
Officials say a North Korean who crossed the DMZ in 2020 crossed it again to go back. His life in the South seems to have been one of poverty and isolation.
How Hispanics Became Swing Voters
Republicans see an opportunity. Democrats have a lot of work to do.
The Belarus-Poland Border Chaos Is Partly of Europe’s Own Making
The chaos at the Belarus-Poland border is partly of the European Union’s making.
Migrants Say Belarusians Took Them to E.U. Border and Supplied Wire Cutters
Iraqi Kurds and other migrants said they were fleeing despair at home, but Belarus encouraged them, offering visas and helping them get to the border.
One Dead After Dozens Try to Swim Around San Diego Border Fence
As many as 70 swimmers tried to make the crossing from Tijuana, the U.S. authorities said. Thirty-six people were detained.
Facing Up to the Racist Legacy of America’s Immigration Laws
If Americans truly want to live up to the idea that the country is a nation of immigrants, then most barriers to immigration should come down.
Trump’s Pentagon Chief Ruled Out Ramping Up Troops at US-Mexico Border
Top national security aides to former President Trump also talked him out of launching military raids against drug cartels inside Mexico.
Trump’s Pentagon Chief Ruled Out Ramping Up Troops at Border
Top national security aides to former President Trump also talked him out of launching military raids against drug cartels inside Mexico.
Showdown Over Northern Ireland Has a Key Offstage Player: Biden
As the U.K. and the European Union begin their wrangling over details of trade with Northern Ireland, President Biden has more than a passing interest in the final result.
What’s a Little Disagreement Among Factions?
Everything is going just the way Biden dreamed it up.
Residents of Del Rio Feel the Impact of the Migrant Crisis
The influx of thousands of migrants has led to squalor under a bridge, and a dispirited town beyond it.
Trump May Be Gone, But the Fight Against His Border Wall Goes On
Residents in Los Ebanos, Texas, on the Rio Grande thought Joe Biden’s victory would end their fears of losing their property for a wall. It hasn’t worked out that way.
Iowa Farmworker Gets Life in Prison for the Murder of Mollie Tibbetts
Cristhian Bahena Rivera was convicted in May in the 2018 fatal stabbing of Ms. Tibbetts, which Donald J. Trump used to stoke opposition to illegal immigration.
Memory of Migrant Crisis Haunts Europe as First Afghan Refugees Land
With elections looming in Germany and France, European politicians are terrified of another mass movement of migrants. But experts say the comparison with 2015 is flawed.
Harris Will Visit El Paso After Criticism Over Her Border Absence
Her trip Friday will come just before former President Donald J. Trump is set to visit the border with House Republicans and the Texas governor, who has pledged to finish the wall.
Texas Says It Will Build the Wall, and Abbott Asks Online Donors to Pay for It
Gov. Greg Abbott said he would draw on $250 million of state revenues to begin work on a border wall and asked supporters to chip in with donations to a crowdfunding website.
Texas Says It Will Build the Wall, and Asks Online Donors to Pay for It
Gov. Greg Abbott said he would draw on $250 million of state revenues to begin work on a border wall and asked supporters to chip in with donations to a crowdfunding website.
Texas Says It Will Build Border Wall With Mexico
“Texas will not sit idly by as this crisis grows,” Gov. Greg Abbott said of border crossings, while offering few details about the wall.
Northern Ireland, Strained by Brexit, Braces for Marching Season
Brexit has inflamed sectarian passions to a degree not seen since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Farmworker Convicted of Fatally Stabbing Iowa College Student
Cristhian Bahena Rivera was found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of Mollie Tibbetts in 2018. Donald J. Trump had seized on her death to rail against illegal immigration.
Immigration Courts Aren’t Real Courts. Time to Change That.
As long as these judges are subject to political pressures, there can be no true judicial process.
Biden Should Watch the Palestinian Short Film ‘The Present’
Children in the West Bank and Gaza grow up feeling that their fate is controlled by people who don’t care about them.
Trump Is Gone, but Land Disputes Along Border Continue Under Biden
A Texas judge allowed the government this week to take possession of a family’s land because the Biden administration has yet to end lawsuits seeking property along the border.
We Need a High Wall With a Big Gate on the Southern Border
Immigration is America’s lifeblood, so we can’t risk losing it.
Crash on California Border Highlights New Migrant Dynamic
In one of the deadliest border-related crashes in decades, many who died illustrate a new dynamic on the border: more migrants from Mexico.
Trump’s Incomplete Border Wall Is in Pieces That Could Linger for Decades
A last-minute rush to build lasted through Donald J. Trump’s last day in office. The effort left odd, partially completed sections of a barrier whose fate President Biden must now determine.
On Mexico’s Border With U.S.,Desperation as Migrant Traffic Piles Up
Mexico is struggling to deal with a new wave of migrants expelled from the U.S. while even more come north hoping to cross. Shelters that were empty four months ago are now having to turn many away.
Migrants in Deadly Crash Had Crossed Through Border Wall, Officials Say
The Border Patrol said two S.U.V.s packed with people apparently crossed through a breach in the wall. One vehicle went on to collide with a tractor-trailer rig, killing 13 migrants.
Biden Signals He’s Flexible on Immigration Overhaul
After two decades of failure, advocates for the broadest possible overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws are considering a new strategy: pressing for piecemeal legislation.