The Crisis at the Border. 2024

Santa Fe Democratic Socialists.
                                                   
                                                                        “Give me your tired, your poor, 
                                                      Your huddled masses yearning to breath free. “
                                                                          Emma Lazarus. The New Colossus
 
 
There is a crisis at the border, but it is not caused by immigrants. It is a crisis of Xenophobia, failed leadership, and blowback. For thousands of years, there was no border at the Rio Grande.  People moved freely back and forth.  This continued throughout most of the U.S. history.  America’s middle class was built on the millions of immigrants who came to this country, without any arcane visa bureaucracy, whether at the shores of Ellis Island or across the Chihuahuan desert.  Now, due to the consequences of imperial wars and globalized capitalism, the people of Central America have been displaced from their homes and are seeking , as per their right under Article 14 of the UN Declaration of Human Rights safe refuge.  Undocumented immigrants have become a backbone of the modern economy, and their immigration status is used by employers to intensify exploitation and skirt labor laws.

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https://www.dsanorthstar.org/blog/let-us-not-be-stupid-about-immigration