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Vox’s coverage of immigration policy: from executive orders targeting birthright citizenship to the expansion of ICE and more.

Policy
What immigration policies do Americans actually want?What immigration policies do Americans actually want?
Policy

Trump-style immigration restrictions have gone mainstream among 2024 voters.

By Nicole Narea
2024 Elections
The major political transformation flying under the radar at the DNCThe major political transformation flying under the radar at the DNC
2024 Elections

The third night of the DNC confirmed just how dramatically the party has swung on immigration — to the right.

By Christian Paz
Today, Explained podcast
How the UK’s far right used a local tragedy to spur chaosHow the UK’s far right used a local tragedy to spur chaos
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Rumors and disinformation have fueled violence across the country.

By Amanda Lewellyn and Victoria Chamberlin
Future Perfect
The world is getting more violent. A top refugee advocate thinks he knows why.The world is getting more violent. A top refugee advocate thinks he knows why.
Future Perfect

The International Rescue Committee’s David Miliband on Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan, and the dangers of a “flammable world.”

By Joshua Keating
World Politics
Venezuela’s Maduro just tightened his grip on power. What comes next?Venezuela’s Maduro just tightened his grip on power. What comes next?
World Politics

Nicolás Maduro has presided over Venezuela’s economic decline — while increasing his authoritarian tendencies.

By Ellen Ioanes
Vox’s guide to Kamala Harris’s 2024 policies
Kamala Harris and the border: The myth and the factsKamala Harris and the border: The myth and the facts
Vox’s guide to Kamala Harris’s 2024 policies

No, Kamala Harris is not a “border czar.” But that doesn’t matter to Republicans.

By Christian Paz
Future Perfect
It’s time to stop arguing over the population slowdown and start adapting to itIt’s time to stop arguing over the population slowdown and start adapting to it
Future Perfect

The world population could peak in your lifetime.

By Bryan Walsh
2024 Elections
The clever politics of Republicans’ anti-immigrant pitchThe clever politics of Republicans’ anti-immigrant pitch
2024 Elections

The Republican National Convention featured plenty of angry rhetoric about immigration. It might find a receptive audience.

By Christian Paz
Politics
3 theories for America’s anti-immigrant shift3 theories for America’s anti-immigrant shift
Politics

A recent poll suggests a reversal in a decades-long trend of the public warming to immigrants. What’s causing the shift?

By Christian Paz
World Politics
What the Labour Party’s big win in the UK will actually meanWhat the Labour Party’s big win in the UK will actually mean
World Politics

The UK is getting a new government. What is it promising to do?

By Ellen Ioanes
Biden’s border record: Trump’s claims vs. reality
Policy

The border trends during Biden’s presidency, and how his policies played into them, explained.

By Andrew Prokop
The best plan to help refugees might also be the simplest
Future Perfect

More refugees live in cities. Could cash help them rebuild their lives?

By Jacob Kushner
Politics
Biden’s big immigration gambleBiden’s big immigration gamble
Politics

The president is trying to have it both ways. Will it work?

By Christian Paz
Politics
What to know about Biden’s new plan to legalize US citizens’ undocumented family membersWhat to know about Biden’s new plan to legalize US citizens’ undocumented family members
Politics

Who’s eligible, is it legal, and other key questions, answered.

By Nicole Narea
Today, Explained newsletter
Our identity crisis on immigrationOur identity crisis on immigration
Today, Explained newsletter

Cities and states aren’t waiting for the federal government to act.

By Matt Collette
Politics
Biden’s sweeping new asylum restrictions, explainedBiden’s sweeping new asylum restrictions, explained
Politics

Biden’s transparently political attack on asylum put little daylight between him and Trump.

By Nicole Narea
Politics
America’s misunderstood border crisis, in 8 chartsAmerica’s misunderstood border crisis, in 8 charts
Politics

For all the attention on the border, the root causes of migration and the most promising solutions to the US’s broken immigration system are often overlooked.

By Nicole Narea
Supreme Court
The 9 worst court decisions since Trump remade the federal judiciaryThe 9 worst court decisions since Trump remade the federal judiciary
Supreme Court

This is what happens after four years under an insurrectionist president. It will get much worse if he gets eight.

By Ian Millhiser
World Politics
The UK’s controversial Rwanda deportation plan, explainedThe UK’s controversial Rwanda deportation plan, explained
World Politics

There are already legal challenges to the new policy, but authorities detained some migrants this week.

By Ellen Ioanes
Politics
The very short Mayorkas impeachment trial, explainedThe very short Mayorkas impeachment trial, explained
Politics

Senate Democrats put a quick end to Republicans’ political stunt.

By Li Zhou
Politics
Chicago’s inhumane migrant evictions are a symptom of a bigger problemChicago’s inhumane migrant evictions are a symptom of a bigger problem
Politics

They point to much deeper holes in US immigration policy.

By Li Zhou
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s confusing new border decision, explainedThe Supreme Court’s confusing new border decision, explained
Supreme Court

It is hard to believe that Justice Amy Coney Barrett actually agrees with her own opinion.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court may let Texas get away with a totally unconstitutional deportation lawThe Supreme Court may let Texas get away with a totally unconstitutional deportation law
Supreme Court

Texas Republicans are trying to rewrite the Constitution — and this Supreme Court could let them.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
Republicans’ voter suppression obsession may end up helping ... Democrats?Republicans’ voter suppression obsession may end up helping ... Democrats?
Politics

The GOP convinced itself it could only win with a smaller, whiter electorate. The polls show that’s just not true.

By Eric Levitz
Policy
America has a good model for how to handle immigration: AmericaAmerica has a good model for how to handle immigration: America
Policy

The US knows how to resettle refugees. Why can’t it figure out what to do with the current wave of migrants?

By Abdallah Fayyad
Vox’s guide to Donald Trump’s 2024 policies
Trump’s immigration policies are his old ones — but worseTrump’s immigration policies are his old ones — but worse
Vox’s guide to Donald Trump’s 2024 policies

They include harsh new proposals, and augmented versions of past ideas, too.

By Li Zhou
Immigration
How NIMBYs are helping to turn the public against immigrantsHow NIMBYs are helping to turn the public against immigrants
Immigration

In this house, we believe that high rents fuel nativist backlashes.

By Eric Levitz
Politics
Republicans’ baseless Mayorkas impeachment sets a disturbing precedentRepublicans’ baseless Mayorkas impeachment sets a disturbing precedent
Politics

It weaponizes the practice in a new way.

By Li Zhou
Immigration
Cities have always been havens for immigrants. So why are they struggling now?Cities have always been havens for immigrants. So why are they struggling now?
Immigration

Congressional inaction has created a broken immigration system. But cities can do more for migrants, too.

By Abdallah Fayyad
Politics
Republicans’ humiliating failed impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas, explainedRepublicans’ humiliating failed impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas, explained
Politics

The GOP tried to use impeachment as a political distraction — and only embarrassed themselves.

By Li Zhou
Today, Explained newsletter
What’s really going on at the border, explainedWhat’s really going on at the border, explained
Today, Explained newsletter

What we mean when we say there’s a border crisis.

By Nicole Narea
Politics
Democrats are trying to pass a right-wing border bill, but the GOP won’t let themDemocrats are trying to pass a right-wing border bill, but the GOP won’t let them
Politics

Senate negotiations revealed what some Democrats are willing to give up on immigration in 2024.

By Nicole Narea
Supreme Court
The legal fight over whether Texas can seize control of the border, explainedThe legal fight over whether Texas can seize control of the border, explained
Supreme Court

The Constitution gives the Biden administration nearly exclusive authority over matters of immigration. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wants the courts to change that.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court says no, Texas can’t use razor wire to restrain federal agentsThe Supreme Court says no, Texas can’t use razor wire to restrain federal agents
Supreme Court

By a bare 5-4 majority, the Supreme Court reaffirms that federal law still applies to Texas.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
Biden weighs a “shocking” revival of Trump’s immigration agendaBiden weighs a “shocking” revival of Trump’s immigration agenda
Politics

The White House is reportedly open to making concessions to Republicans in its negotiations over aid to Ukraine and Israel that go far beyond border security.

By Nicole Narea
Lant Pritchett wants rich countries to let the people come
The 2023 Future Perfect 50

Pritchett is advocating for immigration reform and thinking big about global development economics.

By Dylan Matthews
Policy
How Biden ended up building part of Trump’s border wallHow Biden ended up building part of Trump’s border wall
Policy

Biden is skeptical that a border wall works. He’s still building a new one.

By Nicole Narea
Policy
New York City’s not-so-sudden migrant surge, explainedNew York City’s not-so-sudden migrant surge, explained
Policy

Why New York City is struggling to house thousands of arriving migrants.

By Fabiola Cineas
Politics
The fate of hundreds of thousands of immigrants is caught in an endless court fightThe fate of hundreds of thousands of immigrants is caught in an endless court fight
Politics

The high stakes of the latest DACA decision, explained.

By Li Zhou
Politics
An act of Congress could grant legal status to thousands of Afghan allies. What’s the holdup?An act of Congress could grant legal status to thousands of Afghan allies. What’s the holdup?
Politics

Two years after Kabul fell, tens of thousands of Afghans are still stuck in limbo in the US.

By Jen Kirby