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open borders

Posted on August 3, 2018 August 3, 2018

The Open Wound Of Border Country

Jennifer Caroccio
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Jennifer Caroccio
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Society+Politics
Tagged
immigration, open borders, travel

What do we lose when we try to define where ‘we’ begin and where ‘they’ end? Read more

Posted on June 29, 2018 July 12, 2018

Republican Party, I Used To Be One Of You

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Society+Politics
Tagged
open borders, politics, racism, republicans

Your weakness in the face of tyranny will be judged by history. Read more

Posted on June 28, 2018 July 11, 2018

Dear SCOTUS, What Horrors Have These Children Fled?

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Audio+Visual
Tagged
illustration, immigrants, muslim ban, open borders, refugees

If your child were facing violence, kidnapping, or death, you’d run too.

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Posted on June 22, 2018 July 11, 2018

Dear All The Mothers, But Not Mine

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Society+Politics
Tagged
children, immigrants, mothers, open borders, politics, trump

My mother’s whiteness afforded me protection from a system that criminalizes mothers who look like me. Read more

Posted on June 22, 2018 July 11, 2018

Dear Anyone Who Is Listening

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Society+Politics
Tagged
family, foster care, Growing Up, immigrants, memoir, open borders

I was taken to a children’s home and, screaming, dunked into a bathtub of ice water. Read more

Posted on June 20, 2018 July 12, 2018

Hard Truths For The People I Love

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Posted in
Society+Politics
Tagged
immigrants, jeff sessions, open borders, politics

The sadism and callousness exhibited by a large minority of our citizens must be named. Read more

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