31 Dec, 2021
One of the signal stories of 2021 was a narrative of unfulfilled promise: the promise by a new president to open a path to citizenship to 10.2 million immigrants – and the thwarting of that promise by the politics of a particular historical moment...
Like a gravitational field, there’s a narrative that exerts a powerful pull on U.S. immigration policy...
5 Mar, 2021
Where We Are and Where We’re Headed by Mel Gurtov 534 words Published in: City Watch LA, LA Progressive, Black...
20 Apr, 2020
“As soon as it passed, Congressional lawmakers realized the $2.2 trillion CARES stimulus package to help the country through the...
“In the past year, the struggle over immigration rights continued along a broad array of fronts. There were significant setbacks,...
“As the struggle for immigrant rights continues to be fought across America, new battlegrounds may come into view, then fade...
“Whether or not Donald Trump continues in office in the near future, he has already contributed to a language of...
“Sixty-one years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King declared, “Today the choice is no longer between violence and nonviolence. It is...
“A recent look at the GOP’s platform on immigration was quite heartbreaking; they want to break up and damage good...
“If you scan the Internet for immigration-related news stories following the Trump administration’s May 7 announcement of its “zero tolerance”...
““We offer your love to all of our children . . .” the Episcopal priest said, her eyes closed in...
“There is a certain tyranny to the 24-hour news cycle, a certain grip on human awareness and attention. We have...
“As I listened to the recording of immigrant kids crying because they were being separated from their parents, I heard...
“With each passing week, the battle of words over immigration intensifies, as Trump administration officials continue honing their favorite rhetorical...
“Perhaps the best political news of the Trump era has been the emergence of sanctuary cities — city governments valuing...
