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Life Near the Mexican Border
People in the southwest call this region the “constitution-free zone.”
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NAFTA = Death: Artists Mark NAFTA’s 20th Anniversary With Border Protest
A group of artists marked the 20th anniversary of the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on New Year's Day with an art installation at the …
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Holiday Greeting: No Peace Without Justice
There can be no peace without justice. At least five areas of blatant injustice warrant the urgent attention of people of good will: poverty wages, immigrant detention, harsh sentencing, …
The US-Mexico Border Is a Site of Environmental and Humanitarian Disaster
The parts of the border that take the form of an actual, physical barrier are an intrusion on the landscape, an eyesore to many u2014 and to millions, a …
Border Patrol International: “The American Homeland Is the Planet“
If Congress finally passes a new multi-billion dollar border-policing package, its effects will be felt not only along US borders, but also at the edges of its empire.
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President Obama and Attorney General Holder: End the For-Profit Operation Streamline Scheme Now!
Roberto Rodriguez invites President Obama and Attorney General Holder to step inside the courtrooms during Operation Streamline to witness the speedy
Unconstitutional Searches and an Unaccountable Government
The U.S. border may be the next battleground for press freedom.
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The “Implacable” War Against Migrants
Looking at the ways migration has affected other countries, it is clear that US exceptionalism has no basis in fact. Why, then, is the debate over this country's immigration …
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Immigration “Reform” Won’t Stop Parent-Child Separation
Even if the watered-down Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act does pass, children all over the United States will be living in fear of being separated from …
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Border Security Plans Secure Contractors’ Profits
While current immigration policy “reform” proposals enthuse neither immigrant communities nor labor, they represent a bonanza for private defense contractors, which are lobbying with millions of dollars for militarization …