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A parent and child hold all their belongings and lean against a large, white fence.

Chaos Erupts After Court Halts, Then Reinstates Asylum Policy on Same Day

The Trump administration convinced a three-judge panel that suspending the Migrant Protection Protocols program would endanger national security and might “increase the risk of outbreak from the new coronavirus.”

Shani Saxon Mar 3, 2020 5:15PM EST

Young boy pushes his belongings in a grocery cart as he walks past a long line of Mexican officers

REPORT: 80% of Asylum Seekers Forced to Remain in Mexico Are Victims of Violence

Those affected by the Migrant Protection Protocols program are regularly targeted for abduction, according to Doctors Without Borders.

Shani Saxon Jan 30, 2020 3:54PM EST

A group of men, women and small children stand outside as one smiling mother holding her son on her hip accepts water bottles from a man.

ICE Deported Thousands of People—Including Children—In 2019

The agency’s year-end reports shows the Trump administration’s war on immigrants is still taking a huge toll on families and unaccompanied minors.

Shani Saxon Dec 12, 2019 1:00PM ET

#FreeThePill Day Marks 59th Anniversary of Birth Control Pill

The movement to make the pill available over the counter hops on Twitter.

Ayana Byrd May 9, 2019 4:47PM EDT

Brown woman holds pregnant belly, rest of frame is black

Trump Administration's Contraception Proposal Hijacks Program for Women in Poverty

The government wants women whose employers object to paying for contraception on religious grounds to rely on a program aimed at keeping lower-incoming earning women healthy.

Ayana Byrd Nov 19, 2018 12:21PM EST

A Black protestor holds a sign that says 'keep abortion legal' in front of the supreme court

Reproductive Rights Did Not Win the Midterm Elections

From state constitution changes to the revocation of an Obama-era birth control rule, things are changing.

Ayana Byrd Nov 8, 2018 1:26PM EST