We care deeply about the devastating impact fentanyl has had on our communities. And the best way to address the very real fentanyl crisis is to address the source: Organized transnational criminal activity that works to smuggle the deadly drug through legal ports of entry, often done by ...
Donald Trump’s solution was to build a wall and insult migrants. Left off his playbook for curbing illegal immigration was any punishment for employers who hired undocumented workers. That would inconvenience farmers, he said. As it turned out, the wall wasn’t built, and those ...
by Martin Schram At first glance, on the last Thursday in April, you might have thought President Joe Biden’s border crisis cabinet chiefs were belatedly but finally unveiling their master plan. They had long known they needed to minimize the massive migrant surge everyone ...
by Karen Musalo and Audrey Macklin At almost 4,000 miles, the United States’ northern border is about twice as long as the U.S.-Mexico border — much of it wild, unmarked and dangerously cold for half the year. And yet, human smuggling and deaths at the U.S.-Canada border have not ...
by Cynthia M. Allen Before I had kids, I can remember thinking, as I watched a mom struggling with her toddler in the grocery store: I won’t ever find myself in such a predicament. I’ve read a ton about effective parenting strategies. I will know what to do. It’s ...
Joe Biden has done so many things well — saving Ukraine, confronting China, signing a bipartisan gun control bill. And in a week of right-wing crazytown, he stood out as a comforting keeper of stability. But there’s one thing he hasn’t gotten right: curbing the chaos at the border. ...