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Stop Calling It a ‘Border Crisis’

Stop Calling It a ‘Border Crisis’

| Apr 7, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOver the last several weeks, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported a rise in the number of migrant children seeking refuge in the United States. With the increase, the federal government’s capacity to process and shelter migrant children has been stretched,...
The Other Mexican Migration

The Other Mexican Migration

| Aug 6, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedYou probably haven’t heard about it, but there’s another mass migration coming across the U.S.-Mexico border. However, these aren’t Central American families fleeing horrific conditions back home — only to be separated, incarcerated, traumatized, and...
What Trump Really Wants at the Border

What Trump Really Wants at the Border

| Jul 31, 2019 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe most ridiculous thing about Donald Trump’s xenophobic, demagogic assault on Central American amnesty seekers is that his frantic demand to build a $5-billion-dollar border wall isn’t his most ridiculous ploy.  Even more ridiculous is his panicky political...
A Border Crisis of Our Own Making

A Border Crisis of Our Own Making

| Apr 30, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFor more than 30 years, I’ve led faith-focused delegations to Central America — and since 2016, to U.S.-Mexico border communities. We’ve taken nuns, bishops, rabbis, and grassroots congregants to learn about realities rarely covered in the news. This April...
A Border Crisis of Our Own Making

Lessons from South of the Border

| Dec 5, 2018 | Editors Picks|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyPresident Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric hasn’t just infected U.S. politics. Now it’s made its way south of the border. As a caravan of hundreds of migrants arrive in Tijuana, some residents there have started taking up Trump’s ideology. Juan Manuel Gastélum, the...
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