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27 August 2026

Toward a More Just and Generous Immigration System

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Haitian immigrant Monsanto Maler, center, cries and collapses after receiving an ankle monitor at a Department of Homeland Security field office during a mandatory check in, on Aug. 9, 2026, in Blue Ash, Ohio. Many Haitians are fearful of an impending ICE immigration enforcement surge and being returned to Haiti, which is still in the grip of anarchy and dangerous gang violence. (Photo by Carol Guzy)
I began this short series on immigration by quoting from Amy Pope’s 2025 article, “Migration Can Work for All: A Plan for Replacing a Broken Global System.” She can write with authority on this topic, since she is the Director General of the UN’s International Organization for Migration. Recall that she argued that illegal migration is on the rise; that…
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17 August 2026

Faith Leaders Stand Up for Immigrants

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Pope Leo XIV pays tribute at the cemetery and on little Joussef's grave, in Lampedusa, Sicily, southern Italy, Saturday, July 4, 2026, during a one-day pastoral visit to an island that has become a symbol of the risks faced by migrants trying to reach Europe by sea. (Pool Photo/Ciro Fusco, via AP)
The Trump administration announced its goal of arresting 2,000 immigrants daily, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS, which is in charge of ICE) has never been able to reach that number. But its agents have been using new tactics recently, “from arresting academics at airports to setting up a checkpoint at a popular creek in a National Forest,” in order to boost their…
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31 July 2026

The Immigration Big Picture

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Caption: “A boat that carried Rohingya refugees across the Andaman Sea remains anchored after the refugees disembarked at a beach in Aceh, Indonesia on 8 January, 2023.” In a July 16, 2026 UN News article, “More than 500 people feared dead in double Myanmar shipwreck tragedy.” It explains that “the passengers were mostly ethnic Rohingya people from Rakhine state who have faced decades of persecution by the Myanmar state.”
In my writing in the last few years, I’ve been preoccupied with the idea of global governance—that is, wondering how effective the mammoth institution of the United Nations is at promoting peace, reducing worldwide poverty, providing better healthcare and corralling nations to tamp down climate change. But it is far from working alone on these challenges. The so-called “plurilateral summit…
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31 July 2026

The Immigration Big Picture

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Caption: “A boat that carried Rohingya refugees across the Andaman Sea remains anchored after the refugees disembarked at a beach in Aceh, Indonesia on 8 January, 2023.” In a July 16, 2026 UN News article, “More than 500 people feared dead in double Myanmar shipwreck tragedy.” It explains that “the passengers were mostly ethnic Rohingya people from Rakhine state who have faced decades of persecution by the Myanmar state.”
In my writing in the last few years, I’ve been preoccupied with the idea of global governance—that is, wondering how effective the mammoth institution of the United Nations is at promoting peace, reducing worldwide poverty, providing better healthcare and corralling nations to tamp down climate change. But it is far from working alone on these challenges. The so-called “plurilateral summit…
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