Author: Tom Barry

The Immigrant Bed Bureaucracy

June 11, 2008

The Bush administration’s massive detention and imprisonment of immigrants has created a multi-billion dollar Gulag for immigrants deemed "removable" by the Department of Homeland […]

Homeland Security’s Enemy Next Door

June 10, 2008

What began as a war on terrorists has become a war on immigrants. The Department of Homeland Security says that it prioritizes its immigration […]

County Jails Welcome Immigrants

May 27, 2008

The immigration crackdown is filling county jails across the country with immigrants who have been torn away from their jobs and homes. Tens of […]

Paying the Price of the Immigration Crackdown

May 15, 2008

Are Americans willing to pay for the intensifying crackdown on immigrants? The Bush administration and Congress are fueling an increasingly hard-line immigration policy with […]

Which Side Are the Republicans On?

March 8, 2006

The anti-immigrant tide, stirred up by policy institutes like the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) and the Center for Immigration Studies and by […]

A Political Forecast

September 30, 2005

(This policy briefing is the first of a series of post-election reports planned by the IRC program staff. It will be followed by regional […]

What to Do About Hugo?

August 25, 2005

What to do with Hugo? That’s a question that is bedeviling the Bush administration, which sees its centuries-old hegemonic hold on Latin America and […]