From Jordan to the Philippines, countries across the world are following America’s lead and militarizing their borders By Todd Miller (independent journalist) Republished from The Nation The driver of the passenger van pulled onto the shoulder of the road, looked back, and said, “there’s an immigration checkpoint up ahead. Does everyone have their papers?” We…
And that’s an underestimate By Todd Miller (independent journalist) Republished from The Nation At first, I thought I had inadvertently entered an active war zone. I was on a lonely two-lane road in southern New Mexico heading for El Paso, Texas. Off to the side of the road, hardly concealed behind some desert shrubs, I…
Border walls are being erected left and right as natural disasters become more frequent, leaving victims with nowhere to go By Todd Miller (independent journalist) Republished from The Nation When I first talked to the three Honduran men in the train yard in the southern Mexican town of Tenosique, I had no idea that they…
