Code Switch

Trump is demanding English — while defunding ESL

So even before this executive order, if you wanted to do the thing Trump is asking for, which is to speak English, you were going to have to wait to learn how. But now they're just being told to do it without the funding for these classes.

Code Switch

How farm work became the exception to Trump's border crackdown | Code Switch

There's a common phrase in agriculture that's you either import your food or you import your labor. And, you know, no one wants to be reliant on other countries for our food supply, and automation is nowhere close to replacing human labor.

The New York Times

Why Ceuta's Residents Don't Want the Migration Crisis to Be Politicized

Scenes of mass migration events like this one have struck a nerve across Europe, where many politicians are hardening their immigration policies to appease the far right.

TED

“To My Bones” / “As the River Flows” / “In Dictum” | Wallis Bird | TED

Don't tell me borders are for jobs and civic order. When I know you see it differently, you want your pallet white. You want it clean.

The New York Times

Why Ceuta's Residents Don't Want the Migration Crisis to Be Politicized

Ceuta is a multicultural peninsula with a large Muslim population. Many of them are of Moroccan descent. Even residents who are concerned about the sudden influx of migrants still shouted away the far-right activists.

The New York Times

Why Thousands of Cubans Are Migrating to Guyana

We need the migrants as much as the migrants need us, and they are really filling huge gaps in the system.

Code Switch

The 'white genocide' myth is shaping immigration policy | Code Switch

The claims of persecution behind this refugee program are based on this wildly debunked far-right conspiracy about South Africa. That white farmers are being killed by gangs of black South Africans and that their land is being seized by the government.

Fresh Air

Julio Torres spins immigrant stress into satire

the fact that I would have $6,000 saved somewhere is just laughable. That's what it takes to renew the visa? I mean, when I was doing it, yeah, I don't doubt that it's more expensive now. In my experience, around $6,000, which includes the government fees, but also the fees for the lawyer that because it's such a complex system, you don't want to get rejected because you feel something wrong, and they certainly make it so you're dependent on lawyers.