Who Killed Asylum?
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the US government, across Republican and Democratic administrations alike, has been slowly dismantling what was once the most generous asylum system in the world.
6 Article(s) by: Levi Vonk
Levi Vonk is an assistant professor of medical anthropology at the City University of New York. His first book, Border Hacker, was a finalist for the Chautauqua Prize and the Victor Turner Prize, among others.
Want to Organize the Working Class? Learn Spanish.
Millions of workers in the United States are Spanish speakers. Socialists who can’t talk to them can’t organize them.
Deportation Was Always Political
From its beginnings, deportation has been a tool used to threaten, suppress, and break dissent. ICE’s targeting of political enemies like Mahmoud Khalil is no exception.
“This Fight Is Ours, but It Belongs to Everyone”
SEIU leader David Huerta’s arrest sparked the recent anti-ICE protest wave. Unions like his could tip the scales to win its demand: End the raids now.
The Democrats Also Want to Deport You
On immigration policy, Donald Trump isn’t as radically different from Barack Obama and Joe Biden as his inflammatory rhetoric suggests. Each has built upon his predecessor’s efforts to make border militarization and mass deportations the norm.
The Great Whitexican Novel
A scion of the Mexican right, Nicolás Medina Mora promises a window into the country’s elite in his autofiction debut, América del Norte. Had it actually offered that, the book could have been fascinating. Instead it gets mired in musings on whiteness.