Crossing Borders is my second book. Not sure I have a third in me. Frankly, still surprised I had a first.
But writing is a curious process. You gather a massive amount of information. Hope it might tell some kind of story that makes some kind of point. And hope it makes sense to anyone not living in your head.
Along the way, the information hunting …
Budget reconciliation is not going to include a significant legalization component. It may include other immigration measures. But Dreamers, TPS recipients and farmworkers will remain in limbo. Which means everyone is angry at everyone.
The far left is angry at the left. The left is deeply suspicious of the right. The right is politically paralyzed by the far right. And, well, …
Route 29 stretches from Pensacola, Florida, to the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland.
In Virginia, where parts of it are named the Lee Highway (for General Robert E. Lee), it travels alongside rolling hayfields, farmhouses, and vineyards; the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Shenandoah National Park looming in the background. Namesakes aside, it is a beautiful stretch of …
That morning was like almost any other morning.
Sure. After four years of Trump, there was a new Congress. And a new president was on the way. These felt new and good. Very good.
But I also knew Trump was holding a big rally near the White House that day. It was going to be tense.
Even that felt normal. It was Trump being Trump. One last rant before he …
Let’s talk about the news. More specifically, about how the news shapes perception.
Even more specifically, how immigration news shapes our understanding of immigration. What to be inspired by. What to be afraid of.
So much so that the news creates a perception that overpowers our lived experience.
In his 2017 …
