Author: Meredith Hoffman

February 25, 2019 Off

ICE’s Rapid Expansion Has Led to Chickenpox, Quarantines, and Desperation

Last month at the Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora, Colorado—an 1,100-bed immigrant detention center notorious for frequent chickenpox outbreaks…

December 28, 2018 Off

Inside the Trauma-Filled Camp of Migrants Waiting at the US Border

By Meredith Hoffman

Last week in Tijuana’s largest migrant shelter, I found myself advising desperate people of their increasingly bleak chances for refuge…

July 3, 2018 Off

The Horrible Conditions Endured by Migrants Hoping to Enter the US Legally

By Meredith Hoffman

After spending 28 hours with her five-year-old twins on the Nuevo Laredo International Bridge, Jesenia was only halfway through the…