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The New Ellis Island

Julia Preston The New York Review of Books
A history of five families in El Paso reveals the city’s significance as a bellwether of America’s immigration policy.

The World Cup Is Undressing the Myth of Trump’s American Homogeneity

Andrew Lawrence The Guardian
The 2026 World Cup has become a rebuke to Trump’s homogeneous vision of America, revealing a tournament – and a US team – shaped by migration and diversity. Soccer, when politics and cultural posturing are set aside, can indeed be the great unifier

Haiti at the World Cup

Laurent Dubois The Conversation
Haiti at the World Cup is more than an underdog tale – it is the story of global migration. It also illustrates the different kinds of opportunities young athletes have in different countries.

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Double Negative

George Blaustein The European Review of Books
This book is a detailed history of an aspect of modern European history and the treaty that catalyzed that story.

Migrating Workers Provide Wealth for the World

Vijay Prashad CounterPunch
If the migrants of the world—all 281 million of them—lived in one country, then they would form the fourth largest country in the world. Yet, migrants receive few social protections and little respect.

Forced Migration and Detention Are the Real Immigration Crisis

David Bacon Jacobin
While Republicans cry “invasion” and Democrats placate them with hard-line border policy, immigrants languish in prisons or die in dangerous passage. A rational approach to immigration must both address the causes of displacement and protect those w
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