The Deportation Machine (Review)
Goodman provides insight into today’s crises, by documenting the history of three mechanisms of expulsion: formal deportation, voluntary departure (“return”), ...
Twenty-First Century Battlefields (Excerpt)
Todd Miller examines the ever-extending reach of U.S. border enforcement in an excerpt from his book Empire of Borders: The Expansion ...
The Militarization of the Southern Border Is a Long-Standing American Tradition
Trump’s wall is just the latest incarnation of an old fixation ...
Lessons of the Chicano Movement Today
Jimmy Patiño’s Raza Si, Migra No: Chicano Movement Struggles for Immigrant Rights in San Diego, reveals connections between the early ...
Beyond Trump’s Big, Beautiful Wall
From the print magazine: Trump’s plan to wall off the entire U.S.-Mexico border is just one of a growing list ...
Trump’s Wall at Nixon’s Border
How Richard Nixon’s Operation Intercept laid the foundation for decades of U.S.-Mexico border policy, including Donald Trump’s wall ...
The Day of the End of the World
In the wake of the election, thousands of Haitians, Central Americans, and African asylum-seekers remain in limbo on the U.S.-Mexico ...
Central American Refugees Struggle for Protection in Southern Mexico
The U.S. and Mexican government’s prioritization of border security over human security has had dire consequences that must be discussed ...