News in Brief ‘The Border Has Become the United States’: How a New Trump Administration Rule Will Expand Fast-Tracked Deportations Hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants within the U.S. could be summarily deported without a day in court. Isabela Dias
Social Justice New Research Suggests Fear of Disease Is at the Root of Racism Americans who live in states with higher rates of infectious diseases are more likely to hold racist views. Tom Jacobs
Footnotes From the Archives News in Brief Immigration Courts Are Replacing Interpreters With Orientation Videos The new measure is intended to reduce costs and accelerate proceedings, but even immigration judges are questioning it. Isabela Dias
News in Brief Can Mexico Qualify as a Safe Third Country? In 1994, attorney Susan Gzesh wrote in a report that Mexico was not a safe third country. Has anything changed? Isabela Dias
News in Brief New Research Debunks the Myth That Mexican Immigrants Can’t Assimilate A new study finds that immigrants from our neighbor to the south are learning English and regularly interacting with non-Mexicans at higher rates than in previous decades. Tom Jacobs
Social Justice The Authors of Offensive Posts in Secret Border Patrol Facebook Group Have Yet to Be Punished The agency won't say how many employees have been disciplined or warned in the ongoing scandal over offensive social media posts. A.C. Thompson
News in Brief Is Trump Planning to Use Guatemala as a Wall? Trump will meet with Guatemala's president next week, and a "safe third country" agreement is reportedly on the table. Jack Herrera
News in Brief Why Did Border Patrol Arrest Fewer People in June? New arrest numbers highlight the difficulties experts encounter in interpreting migration patterns. Jack Herrera
News in Brief What Will Happen If Trump Speeds Up the Asylum Process? Officials say the new plan is built to address backlog issues. But advocates say it will result in fewer people getting asylum. Jack Herrera
Social Justice Homeland Security Uses Foreign Databases to Accuse Immigrants of Gang Involvement The information is being provided through a new "fusion" intelligence-gathering center in El Salvador that is funded by the Department of State. Melissa del Bosque