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The U.S. government’s role in developing and implementing policies that have kept over 1,300 children without confirmed reunifications. Airs Dec. 7.

Abolish ICE: Beyond a Slogan

Tina Vasquez New York Review of Books
The slogan "Abolish ICE" means the removal of Attorney General Sessions, repeal of laws that criminalize migration, an end to all forms of detention, the defunding of Border Patrol, and a halt to ongoing immigration enforcement programs.

Refugee Crisis on Our Border: What Can We Do Now?

Duane Campbell Democratic Left - Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
The recent surge of minors at the border is a symptom of our current failed immigration policy. We need to continue our work with labor and the immigrants' rights movement toward a fair and comprehensive immigration reform for the U.S. - a better bill than the one passed last year in the Senate, which among other things called for doubling the current border patrol by hiring an additional 20,000-plus border agents.

Child Migrants Have Been Coming to America Alone Since Ellis Island - And no, we didn't just send them packing

Tasneem Raja; United We Dream; Ian Gordon Mother Jones
Previously, unaccompanied child migrants were accepted by this country, sometimes even welcomed. Today, however, driven by racism, child migrants from Central America are being turned back, after risking their lives to free economic and political oppression, often fostered in their countries by the United States. Share the image below - Stand with the Children.

Debunking 8 Myths About Why Central American Children Are Migrating

David Bacon In These Times, reprinted with permission
‘Lax enforcement’ is not the culprit—U.S. trade and immigration policies are. The failure of Central America's economies is largely due to the North American and Central American Free Trade Agreements and their accompanying economic changes.
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