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  1. what we know
    J.D. Vance
    How Vance and Trump’s Lies About Springfield, Ohio, Continue to UnravelNew reporting has revealed the roots of Republicans’ thoroughly debunked claims.
    By Chas Danner
  2. early and often
    Trump Xenophobia Reaches Its Apex in Racist Campaign PostA post from Trump’s campaign embraces the “great replacement theory,” with Kamala Harris as the evil engineer of American carnage.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. early and often
    Donald Trump outside a cage match.
    Trump Suggests Migrants Should Fight for SportHe’s finally found a way to combine two of his biggest passions: dehumanizing immigrants and cage fighting.
    By Chas Danner
  4. early and often
    Migration crisis continues at US - Mexico border
    Is Biden’s Border Crackdown Too Much, Too Late?A cap on migrant border crossings is angering progressives without placating Republicans. At best, it may turn down the temperature on immigration.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. politics
    NYPD Used Stun Gun on Migrant Holding His 1-Year-Old SonA video obtained by the New York Times shows officers violently detaining a migrant at a Queens shelter on Friday.
    By Nia Prater
  6. early and often
    Trump Complains Migrants Use Languages ‘Nobody Speaks’Trump insists he only makes confusing remarks for “comedic effect.” But his weird remarks during his border visit seem more racist than funny.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  7. what we know
    What’s Going On With the U.S.-Texas Border Standoff?The state’s leaders are now defying the White House and the Supreme Court. Here’s what we know.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  8. the city politic
    Eric Adams’s Migrant-Bus Lawsuit Is Doomed — But Still SmartSometimes taking a stand to defend the city is more important than winning.
    By Errol Louis
  9. politics
    Evacuation of Migrants to Brooklyn High School Sparks BacklashThe criticism has been bipartisan.
    By Nia Prater
  10. immigration
    A Wall Won’t Keep Biden’s Border Problem at BayDemocrats face a political challenge with no legislatively viable solution.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. politics
    The Week the Migrant Backlash Turned Into RageFrom Gracie Mansion to Staten Island, protests are growing and getting ugly.
    By Noah Hurowitz
  12. the city
    The Candy SellersThe lives and livelihoods of some of the city’s newest migrant children.
    By Jordan Salama
  13. right to shelter
    ‘We Can’t Sleep Because of the Worry’Overnight at the Roosevelt Hotel, where hundreds of migrants are still waiting for somewhere to go.
    By Luis Feliz Leon
  14. the city
    The Scramble to House Our Busloads of MigrantsNew York’s shelter system was already at a breaking point. Officials are scrambling to find beds for asylum seekers.
    By David Freedlander
  15. politics
    Adams Wants to Suspend Right-to-Shelter Law Due to Asylum SeekersIn a letter to a judge, the city’s lawyers said shelters are facing “unprecedented demand” due to the influx of migrants.
    By Nia Prater
  16. the city politic
    Does Eric Adams Still Think It’s Easy to Be Mayor?New York’s migrant crisis seems to be testing him to his limits.
    By Errol Louis
  17. politics
    Adams and Hochul Plead With the Feds to Let Migrants WorkGovernor Hochul and Mayor Adams are calling on the federal government to ease policies to allow asylum seekers to look for work.
    By Nia Prater
  18. politics
    Story of Houseless Vets Displaced by Migrants Was BunkThe sensational Orange County tale began to unravel after a local newspaper started digging.
    By Nia Prater
  19. early and often
    How to Make Mass Immigration WorkTo make an influx of people economically beneficial and politically viable, the U.S. must build more housing.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. eric adams
    Eric Adams Is Already Backtracking on His Plans for MigrantsThe mayor’s plan to use schools as housing quickly sparked protests from parents.
    By Nia Prater
  21. politics
    Over 100 Migrants Were Sent to Kamala Harris’s House on ChristmasLocal volunteers say they came from Texas, apparently at Governor Greg Abbott’s direction.
    By Claire Lampen
  22. foreign interests
    Trump’s Unlawful Asylum Policy Is a Jab at MexicoTrump needs our southern neighbors’ help to fix the migrant crisis – so he’s forcing them into illegal agreements that come with unmanageable burdens.
    By Jonah Shepp
  23. immigration
    Democrats Are Developing a Clear Response to Trump on MigrantsWith seven Senate Democrats running for president on board with this alternative to Trump’s immigration policy, the bill could shape the 2020 debate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. immigration
    Trump Steps Up Petty Harassment of Asylum-Seeking MigrantsNew fees, deadlines, and work-permit prohibitions will make life harder for asylum seekers, without necessarily stemming the tide of migrants.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. president trump
    Trump Wants America to Stop Enforcing Its Immigration LawsThe White House’s attempts to nullify asylum rights prove that its opposition to illegal immigration has nothing to do with respect for the law.
    By Eric Levitz
  26. immigration
    Could Trump’s Illegal Plan to Ship Migrants to Cities Make Everyone Happy?The president’s assumption that urban liberals hate and fear migrants as much as he and the MAGA folk do isn’t necessarily accurate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. border crisis
    The Long-Term Damage of Trump’s War on ImmigrantsIt could be two years before we know what happened to all the migrant kids taken from their families at the southern border.
    By Chas Danner
  28. vision 2020
    Trump’s Border Rhetoric Is Overblown, But Democrats Still Need a SolutionBeto O’Rourke is calling for more assistance to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Central America. Other 2020 candidates should take note.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. immigration
    Report: Families Are Being Separated at the Border Over False AllegationsA new report shows that one of the darkest chapters of the Trump administration is ongoing.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  30. immigration
    Would Patrolling With the Border Patrol Change Your Mind About the Border?A ride-along with an agency at once empowered and besieged.
    By Mattathias Schwartz
  31. immigration
    Migrant Baby Contracted Pneumonia After Five Days in a ‘Freezing’ Holding CellThe baby’s mother is blaming Border Patrol.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  32. immigration
    A Migrant Child Died of Dehydration in U.S. Custody Hours After She Was DetainedShe appeared to have gone without food or water for days, CBP said.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  33. immigration
    U.S.A. or Bust: Migrants Explain Why They’re Marching“There is no work back home. No future.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  34. president trump
    Trump Threatens Military Response to (Fictional) Migrant ThreatAs Central American asylum seekers march in caravan toward the U.S., Trump threatens to “call up the U.S. Military and CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!”
    By Eric Levitz
  35. immigration
    After Trump Threat, Honduras and Guatemala Try to Stop Migrant CaravanThey’re not having much luck.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  36. immigration
    ICE Is Targeting Immigrants Who Agree to Take In Migrant ChildrenThe Trump administration is working to maximize the number of child migrants in federal detention by threatening potential sponsors with deportation.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. ACLU Sues Sessions Over Ending Asylum for Victims of Domestic and Gang ViolenceAfter a previous suit resulted in an order to reunite migrant families, the ACLU is taking aim at the Trump administration’s new limits on asylum.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. Francis’s Anti–Death Penalty Statement Raises Questions for U.S. ConservativesThe Pontiff officially puts the church at odds with Donald Trump and his party, along with some traditionalist Catholics on the Supreme Court.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. Trump Renews Call for Deporting Refugees Without Due Process“Tell the people ‘OUT,’ and they must leave, just as they would if they were standing on your front lawn,” the president tweeted.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. Immigrant Families Must Pay Steep Fees to Get Child Migrants Out of DetentionThe U.S. is separating migrant families, and then refusing to place kids with relatives — unless the latter pays thousands in transport fees.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. Trump: Obama Was for ‘Open Borders’ — and His Policies Are the Same as MineThe president argued Monday that media coverage of his border policies has been unfair because Obama’s were just as cruel.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. executive orders
    State Department Staffers Rushed Visas Through Before It Was Too LateAt a time when President Trump seems intent on irking as much of the world as possible, this is a somewhat heartening story.
    By Jesse Singal