Massoud Hayoun, Author at Pacific Standard

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The North Carolina Sanctuary Church Resident’s Arrest Highlights a Growing Divide Among American Christians

While many Christians are struggling to offer immigrants sanctuary, others are in favor of the Trump administration's immigration policies.

Massoud Hayoun

A woman takes part in a protest march of ethnic Uyghurs asking for the closure of re-education camps in China, on April 27th, 2018.

Social Justice

Why Trump Probably Won’t Address China’s Human Rights Violations in His Meeting With Xi Jinping

At best, the issue of Uyghur re-education camps will come up as leverage to achieve Trump's economic policy objectives with Beijing, analysts predict.

Massoud Hayoun

Honduran migrants take part in a caravan toward the United States in Chiquimula, Guatemala, on October 17th, 2018.

Social Justice

Americans Who Fear the Migrant Caravan Don’t Meet Very Many Immigrants

New research finds that residents of the Southeast, Midwest, and Mountain Northwest are more likely to view the caravan as a threat than their counterparts in the Northeast and Southwest—where immigrants make up a larger share of the local population.

Massoud Hayoun

Social Justice

California Rights Groups Are Demanding Answers About a New, DHS-Backed Surveillance Program

Months after Los Angeles denied federal funding to surveil its communities, the California government is poised to pay non-profits to do the same.

Massoud Hayoun

Pedestrians walk past a 7-Eleven store on January 10th, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

Social Justice

Rights Groups Blast 7-Eleven Over Its Reported Complicity in Immigration Sweeps

The convenience store giant may have played a role in immigration enforcement sweeps at franchises across the country.

Massoud Hayoun

In northern North Dakota's Turtle Mountain, Native American students are set to walk out of class and march to polling places with signs encouraging community members to vote.

Social Justice

For Native Americans, the Battle Against Voter Suppression in North Dakota Is Only the Beginning

Indigenous high schoolers are organizing to let their families vote in an election they argue is designed to block them from the polls.

Massoud Hayoun

The Spirit Lake Tribe filed a complaint in federal court Tuesday against North Dakota Secretary of State Alvin Jaeger.

Social Justice

Native Americans Are Suing North Dakota Over Voter Suppression

It now appears Native American North Dakotans are unable to vote, even when they have proof of their residential addresses.

Massoud Hayoun

Joey Gibson, pictured here at a demonstration in Seattle.

Social Justice

The ‘Oregonian’ Faces Heavy Criticism After Publishing a Piece Sympathizing With a Far-Right Group

Activists fear that, by publishing a piece that sympathizes with a far-right group, the paper is promoting hateful, potentially violent rhetoric.

Massoud Hayoun

Members of the United States Border Patrol check a woman's identification at a Greyhound bus station in Phoenix, Arizona.

Social Justice

Immigrant Rights Groups Are at Odds With Greyhound Over Its Right to Forbid Immigration Enforcement From Entering Buses

The bus company argues it has no choice but to cooperate with Customs and Border Protection agents' searches and interrogation of its passengers.

Massoud Hayoun

A woman receives a flu shot in Chicago, Illinois.

Social Justice

With Flu Season Nearly Here, Medical Experts Warn That Trump’s Immigration Policy Is a Public-Health Threat

Proposed changes by the Trump administration that discourage immigrants from using public services come just ahead of flu season, according to epidemiologists.

Massoud Hayoun