The 1990’s, A Democratic President and the War Against Immigrants
Investigative reporter and documentary filmmaker John Carlos Frey grew up at the US-Mexico border, witnessing how the border has been militarized in a non-declared war in the last 30 years. He has dedicated his award-winning journalistic career to covering border issues.
From the June 25th edition of LETTERS AND POLITICS as broadcast on KPFA and other community radio stations like WFMP, 106.5 FM in Louisville:
Today we are in conversation with investigative reporter and documentary filmmaker John Carlos Frey. He grew up at the US-Mexico border witnessing how the border has been militarized in a non-declared war in the last 30 years. He has dedicated his award-winning journalistic carer to covering border issues. We discuss the history about how we have got to where we are now concerning immigration issues and the role a Democratic president played in it during the 1990’s. John Carlos Frey is the author of the new book Sand and Blood: America’s Stealth War on the Mexico Border (Hachette /Bold Type Books, 2019).
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I take it that we're talking about good ol' bubba.
We would have been better off without Clinton and Obama. Takes a Democrat to screw a Democrat.
Will try to listen later tonight.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
The biggest difference between T and O/C was that deportations
used to be carried out with all the process due. Which wasn't much.
Actually, the last major revision of the Immigration Act was in 1995, and that eliminated most of the humanitarian and family unification waivers that had until then been available along with work authorization for Asylum applicants. The changes in Immigration Law also did away with judicial review of most orders handed down by the Immigration Service and Judges.
Note that the solution called for by the Democratic candidates last night was more Immigration Judges at the border. IOW, more deportations with all the process due.
Clinton also involved the US military in interdicting refugees on the high seas, at that time. But, we didn't hear much about that, either.
Not a complaint was heard about immigrants and refugees in the corporate media or the Democratic Party. Interdictions and mass removals were completely bipartisan. We were so much better back then -- and memories are so short and selective.
Bubba and his "Co-President", of course.
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"I’m a human being, first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” —Malcolm X