In the wake of Trump’s first election to the presidency, David Bacon’s perspectives on the economic context of immigration policy and how Trump can—and can’t—shape it are still relevant after his re-election victory.
Justifiable fury at the loss of innocent lives in Gaza shouldn’t lead to the destruction of millions of innocent lives here at home.
Donald Trump has vowed to launch a mass operation that could involve a force larger than the U.S. Army — and he promises that it will be a “bloody story.”
Anti-immigrant think tanks and advocacy groups operated on the margins until Trump became president. Now they have molded not only the GOP but also Democrats in their image.
At every opportunity, Trump has placed the mass deportation of millions of people at the center of his campaign. It is a promise. And the promises a presidential candidate makes while on the trail are the promises a president tries to keep.
The facility has a history of human rights violations that compromise the safety, health, and rights of detained people
The war continues — as the fight for democracy and equality deepens and broadens
Everyone seems to have forgotten that immigrants do things, often things that nobody else wants to do. Restaurant, supply chain, and construction work is predicated on the exploitation of immigrant labor.
The capitalist system doesn’t just drive wealth inequality—it is designed to exploit and undermine the working class and to protect the power and economic interests of the wealthy.
High-wages and secure jobs for farmworkers can only come by discarding the old deportation/guestworker model, and instead supporting families with legalization, family-based visas, and unions and labor rights.
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