Border Stories

Recent pieces from Tijuana & the streets of LA

I’ve been busy on the California-Mexican border, but the first point is that most protests in Los Angeles have been peaceful. Here’s a snapshot from last Saturday morning, at the scheduled “No Kings” march on L.A. City Hall:

By then I had written an essay on anti-ICE demonstrations on June 8, when things were simmering but reasonable until the cops kettled a fairly boring protest near the Federal Building downtown. By evening, of course, it looked bad, especially on TV. Here’s my piece for New Lines Magazine:

Earlier in the spring, I met a wall-jumper in Tijuana, and wondered about the notion of “importing the Third World,” which Trump & his own corruption may do faster than any immigrant. An essay for Foreign Policy:

And here’s a list so far of this year’s pieces on immigration for Bloomberg Businessweek, including a free (7-day) link to my recent feature on America’s revival of the British “Rwanda scheme,” which has not, in the meantime, turned into a good idea.

Thanks everyone, and love galore,

Mike