Migration

Whether Biden Or Trump, US’ Latin American Policy Will Be Contemptible

February 12, 2025 UNAC Editor Deportation, Latin America, Neocolonialism, U.S. Hegemony, US Foreign Policy, US Intervention

by John Perry and Roger D. Harris, published on Popular Resistance, January 30 2025 Migration, Drugs, and Tariffs. With Donald Trump as the new US president, pundits are speculating about how US policy towards Latin America might change. In this article, we look at some of the speculation, then address three specific instances of how the US’s policy priorities may[…]

The Capitalist Imperative Driving Cruel and Bipartisan Migration Policies

February 18, 2022 UNAC Editor Migrants and Refugees

by Daniel Melo, published on Black Agenda Report, February 16, 2022 Capitalism’s need for labor is the determining factor in immigration policy. Its contradictions create a system that is consistently inhumane. President Biden recently reached an agreement with Mexico to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), a program instituted by the Trump administration. It requires tens of thousands of migrants[…]

Fleeing crisis ‘made in USA,’ Honduran migrants march into Mexico

October 26, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Honduras, Refugees

Photo: Members of a migrant caravan walk into the interior of Mexico after crossing the Guatemalan border on October 21, 2018, near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico. ~John Moore/Getty Images by By Sam Ordóñez, published on Workers World, October 24 Oct. 22 — A caravan of thousands of migrants, including small children, traveling to the United States reached the Mexico-Guatemala border on[…]