Author: Joseph Nevins

Joseph Nevins teaches geography at Vassar College. His latest book is Dying to Live: A Story of U.S. Immigration in an Age of Global Apartheid (City Lights Books).
Roberto Martinez: The Struggle to Overcome the U.S.-Mexico Divide

Roberto Martinez: The Struggle to Overcome the U.S.-Mexico Divide

At 6:30 a.m. on May 20, agents from the U.S. Border Patrol and the Transportation Safety Administration descended on a trolley station near downtown San Diego. After questioning commuters about their U.S. residency status—allegedly because they were behaving suspiciously—agents detained 21 individuals, three of whom were teenagers on their way to their high school. Later…

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