As President Trump goads crowds of white people toward hateful racist chants, our taxes are still paying to harm children and families who seek asylum in America. The journalist Aura Bogado, of Reveal News, points out that new facilities … [Read more...]
Romney Drops Out: Another Anti-Migrant Politician Falls
Read my full blog post for a more lengthy discussion of Romney's views on migrants, but I'll summarize it below.Twice undocumented migrants, from the same company, were caught in his backyard by the Boston Globe (first and second … [Read more...]
Immigration Matters: The Gay Marriage of 2008
In his monologue, Olbermann cites Tim Rutton's piece, "CNN: Corrupt News Network", in which Rutton essentially argues that immigration doesn't matter, or at least that it shouldn't matter as much.A critic from the L.A. Times, CNN's partner … [Read more...]
The Ladies of La Patrona: Humanity’s Hope
The Mujeres of La Patrona have long been famous among the migrants that make the trip to the United States. But international attention was only recently drawn to them by an award winning documentary entitled, De Nadie. I covered the must … [Read more...]
Justice For Migrants
From the Declaration of Independence:We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of … [Read more...]
TODAY was the 80th Anniversary of the executions of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Robert Meeropol spoke; I found this especially affecting as his parents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were executed in 1953. He was three when they were arrested, and six when they were executed. He asked who studies or … [Read more...]
What it Means to be an “Illegal Alien”
There won't be sources or statistics in this post. I'm going to write this from what I have learned after living 18 years in Guatemala, and covering this for over a year and a half online. If you need sources or statistics on … [Read more...]