Heading into the midterms, the Democrats kept quiet about migration as if there was no problem at the border and let the Republicans dominate the debate by making this a political spectacle, blaming everything on migration. It was a missed opportunity.

This picturesque village in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is nearly 2,000 miles from the country's southern border.

Even as Republican candidates continue to pummel incumbent Democrats on a faltering economy and sidestep anger over the overturning of Roe v. Wade, they have launched a fresh salvo of attacks over immigration.

On June 30, the Supreme Court handed down its last and virtually only uplifting decision in an otherwise regressive and chilling term. After killing Roe v. Wade and the constitutional right to abortion, limiting Miranda Rights protections, and delivering a blow to climate action, the conservative supermajority decided not to add the rights of immigrants to their list of casualties—at least not entirely—and gave a rare win to the Biden administration.

It was called “The Wave.” The words come rapid-fire, the camera panning over darkened pictures of a border checkpoint and Hispanic men holding guns under a freeway overpass.

"Being able to count on an immigration clinic, which also offers services for free, means a relief for my parents, even for several friends who had not decided to seek legal advice," says Jorge Estrada, a student at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Cesar Silva — who came to the U.S. illegally three decades ago and is the father of nationally-known Nevada-based immigration activist Astrid Silva — is now the subject of a new bill from Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) that would make him eligible for legal permanent resident status, or at least temporarily halt the threat of deportation.

Learn asylum law and procedure, cultural competency, and the practical aspects of an asylum case for Afghan families settling in Nevada.