We Don’t Have A Border Problem. We Have A Capitalism Problem!
The U.S.-Mexico border is once again in the spotlight. Over the recent period, right-wing politicians have escalated a political campaign, particularly on the Texas border. Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently formed what he called the Texas Tactical Border Force to stop refugees from coming into the U.S. This is after his forces strung deadly razor […]
Cruel Barrier on the Rio Grande is Nothing New
Migrants travel long and difficult journeys in their desperate search for refuge from lives that have become impossible due to the current state of crisis in the world. They then face even more cruelty when they arrive at the Rio Grande. The descriptions of the Mexico/Texas border sound like a war zone. The banks on […]
Mo TV Series – What it Means to be Undocumented in the U.S.
Mo is a Netflix series that captures the struggles endured by undocumented people in the U.S. Palestinian comedian, Mohammed Mustafa Amer, drew inspiration for the sitcom from his nearly 20-year journey seeking legal refugee status. He exposes the failures of the U.S. immigration system in between jokes and touching moments with family and friends. The sitcom […]
Eight Migrants Killed in a Boat Off the Coast of San Diego, California
The Biden administration, in spite of its promises, has maintained the same hostility to migrants as the Trump administration. Under the same emergency health law, invoked during the COVID crisis, border agents have the right to turn people away at the border who would otherwise have the right to seek asylum in the USA. One […]
Over 50 Tragic Migrant Deaths in Texas: Who is to Blame?
In a heartbreaking, horrifying tragedy, over 50 immigrants were left to die of heat exposure in an 18-wheeler abandoned on an Interstate near San Antonio, Texas. With children among the dead, the first responders who encountered this scene will have to struggle mightily to overcome what they saw on this day. This is the deadliest […]
The Hypocrisy of U.S. Immigration Policy
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has displaced millions of people. Over the last few weeks, over 2000 Ukrainians have sought refuge in the United States, making their way through Mexico. However, the process of admitting the refugees from Ukraine has been much faster and easier than the ordeals facing asylum seekers from Latin America. In […]
Biden’s Immigration Policy: “The border is not really any different”
On the question of immigration, the first seven months of the Biden presidency show little change from the Trump years.