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Witnesses Welcome Little Amal in Chicago

Belonging neither here, nor there,

Stranded at the edges.

Cannot forget my place of birth , nor accept this as home.

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Matamoros, Mexico, at the Rio Grande

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Class lines. Racial lines. Cultural and ethnic lines. And it should come as no surprise that those are exactly the categories along which our immigration policy is drawn. And that all those lines are deeply etched into the political earth along those strong borders.

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At the border, which I just left yesterday, it is quieter than usual. The thousands of people waiting for a chance to cross are being held back from presenting themselves at the ports of entry by, of all people, Mexican authorities. Uniformed functionaries stand at the foot of the bridge in Mexico to make sure that only people who have appointments through CBPOne can reach the CBP officers that stand in the middle of the arc that spans the river. The others are being prevented from even asking for a chance.

Migrant camp of Matamoros, MX. First day of many of rain. Mexico is not allowing access to the bridge for asylum seekers without CBP One appointments today, after yesterday allowing.

Standing on the Mexican side of the border, I hear a recorded voice. It comes from the American side, across the river that separates the two countries. Again and again, it says the same thing over a loudspeaker, in Spanish. My companion translates for me. The voice is saying, “Stay in Mexico. Do not cross the river.” It is the same message that Vice President Kamala Harris voiced two years ago. “Do not come,” she said, speaking from a podium during a visit to Guatemala, standing next to the President of that country. Vice President Mike Pence delivered the same message three years before that, also in Guatemala. This time, the message is being broadcast directly to the people who want to be here. Reinforcing the message are three rows of razor wire, and at the top of the riverbank, behind the wire, are Texas National Guard troops carrying rifles.

“Go back. Go back.” This from the men carrying automatic rifles, above the families struggling to keep their footing on the US bank of the Río Grande. They had just swum across, using inflated pool toys to keep their children’s heads above the water.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and a couple of his fellow senators came to Brownsville, Texas to say that the people seeking asylum are actually an invasion of Chinese members of Mexican drug cartels, rapists, child sexual abusers, and slavers, supported by President Biden, VP Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and AOC in her white pantsuit. Joshua Rubin, founder of Witness at the Border, stood among the reporters, holding a sign.

Photo: Allan Mestel