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root causes
By Yennifer Mateo and Joshua LeClair, People's World April 25, 2016 LUMPKIN, GA - From April 5-9, People's World accompanied a local faith based advocacy group to visit immigrants being held …
Undocumented Mexican migration essentially ended in 2008 By Douglas S. Massey, MarketWatch April 21, 2016 Throughout the Republican primary debates, all candidates have vociferously called for more b…
By David L. Wilson, MRzine April 13, 2016 On April 24, 2013, some 1,134 people died in the collapse of the Rana Plaza complex outside Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. The building housed factories …
By David L. Wilson, Truthout March 15, 2016 There are two surprising facts that most mainstream US media outlets have studiously ignored in their coverage of immigration and the 2016 presidential cam…
As investigative journalist Allan Nairn said on Democracy Now! in January: "Well, you know, if you go and burn down your neighbor's house, don't complain when, as they run from the flame…
By Meleiza Figueroa, Truthdig February 19, 2016 At first glance, Thursday seemed like a banner day for Hillary Clinton’s “minority firewall.” Several respected leaders of Latinx organizations offered…
By Jeff Abbott, Truthout February 13, 2016 This year Guatemala inaugurated a new president: Jimmy Morales, a former comedian known for a racist television show in which he regularly performed in blac…
Global Voices February 13, 2016 On the night of Thursday February 11, 2016, the administration of Durham Public Schools in North Carolina unanimously passed a resolution condemning the arrests and in…
We know how to help children fleeing violence in Central America. Instead, we’re raiding communities and deporting families. By Elizabeth Holtzman, The Nation February 11, 2016 As the coauthor, with …
By David Bacon, American Prospect January 27, 2016 The Obama administration's self-contradictory stance on deportation perpetuates a long tradition of U.S. immigration policies that ignore the ro…
You cannot fix what is rotten to the core. The system is not broken—it was designed this way. By Carlos Garcí a, Latino Rebels December 31, 2015 In 2016, we need to stop leaving people behind. It doe…
"...[W]hen there’s terror in a place like Guatemala, people flee. They come to the U.S. That’s where a lot of the undocumented immigrants originated from. And then Americans complain. Well, you …
"...[T]he U.S. needs to genuinely address the root causes of Central American migration. To do so requires policy makers to take a hard look at existing U.S. policies toward the region..." …
PRESS RELEASE November 24, 2015 https://berniesanders.com/press-release/sanders-introduces-families-first-immigration-plan/ BURLINGTON, Vt. – As he returned home to celebrate Thanksgiving with his fa…
Low pay, abusive conditions, no union representation—employees are fed up and fighting back. By David Bacon, The Nation November 20, 2015 Ciudad Juárez—After more than a decade of silence, maquilador…
Net Loss of 140,000 from 2009 to 2014; Family Reunification Top Reason for Return By Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Pew Hispanic November 19, 2015 More Mexican immigrants have returned to Mexico from the U.S.…
By Michael D. Shearnov, New York Times November 5, 2015 WASHINGTON — President Obama vowed a year ago to give Central American children fleeing violence a new, legal way into the United States by all…
Using the phrase “no fault of their own” in discussing undocumented young people does not encourage us to look at the roots of the poverty and violence their families experience. By David Bacon, In T…
Guardian investigation into consequences of Obama’s migration crackdown reveals US deportees have been murdered shortly after return to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, with study saying as many …
If immigration is a problem, it's because US policies have made it one. For someone like Bernie Sanders, there should be no difficulty finding a solution. By Jane Guskin and David L. Wilson, Trut…
