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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Dara Lind

    Explainers
    The death of 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin in Border Patrol custody isn’t an isolated outrageThe death of 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin in Border Patrol custody isn’t an isolated outrage
    Explainers

    It raises uncomfortable questions about when the US is responsible for migrants’ deaths.

    By Dara Lind
    archives
    Vox Sentences: Soft fascism, firm backlashVox Sentences: Soft fascism, firm backlash
    archives

    A Green Beret’s murder charges; protests in Hungary.

    By Libby Nelson, Dara Lind and 1 more
    Politics
    Trump is pushing Vietnam to accept deportees who have lived in the US for over 20 yearsTrump is pushing Vietnam to accept deportees who have lived in the US for over 20 years
    Politics

    The shift would affect thousands of immigrants who’ve been ordered deported — generally for committing crimes.

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    Michael Cohen’s joke about Hillary Clinton going to prison seems awfully ironic nowMichael Cohen’s joke about Hillary Clinton going to prison seems awfully ironic now
    Politics
    It’s official: Trump’s asylum crisis is driven by people coming legallyIt’s official: Trump’s asylum crisis is driven by people coming legally
    Politics

    New stats make clear that the Trump administration can’t handle asylum seekers crossing “the right way.”

    By Dara Lind
    Explainers
    “Public charge,” Trump’s proposal to restrict legal immigration, explained“Public charge,” Trump’s proposal to restrict legal immigration, explained
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    Over 200,000 people left public comments on a proposed regulation to penalize low-income immigrants.

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    There is always a Trump tweet, chiefs of staff editionThere is always a Trump tweet, chiefs of staff edition
    Politics

    Back in 2012, Donald Trump thought going through top staff too quickly kept a president from passing his agenda.

    By Dara Lind
    Politics
    Asylum seekers don’t think they can survive for months in Mexico. Trump wants to force them to.Asylum seekers don’t think they can survive for months in Mexico. Trump wants to force them to.
    Politics

    Faced with waiting in Tijuana until March, families from the caravan are getting desperate enough to scale the border fence.

    By Dara Lind
    Explainers
    The heroes of the Hanukkah story wouldn’t understand what the Jewish holiday has becomeThe heroes of the Hanukkah story wouldn’t understand what the Jewish holiday has become
    Explainers

    How a minor holiday about a religious uprising became the symbol of Jewish America.

    By Dara Lind
    The US has made migrants at the border wait months to apply for asylum. Now the dam is breaking.
    Features

    Trump made his own immigration crisis.

    By Dara Lind