Dara Lind

Thirty years ago, the Supreme Court said public schools couldn’t exclude kids based on immigration status. But schools keep finding new ways to keep immigrant families away. Now the federal government ‘s catching up.

The vast majority of complaints filed against Border Patrol agents are for physical abuse or excessive force. But complaints almost never result in discipline for agents — even when accused of causing a woman to miscarry.

When affluent people and coffee shops move into a neighborhood, gang violence goes down. But if the city tears down public housing to make room for those people and coffee shops, it backfires.

Thanks to new regulations officially announced today, up to 40,000 skilled immigrant spouses won’t be forced to be housewives — or househusbands — anymore.

A new study shows that without immigrant families, the number of children in America would be in decline. But even though there are more children of immigrant parents, immigrant birth rates are going down. What’s the deal?

Florida and Virginia are the latest states to offer in-state tuition for unauthorized immigrant students. This GIF shows that’s the new normal — because it helps US citizens as well.

Vice President Biden just said something in Miami about immigration that was either a massive fib, or a massive revelation. But which?