America’s Melting Pot That Never Was
The United States has long presented itself as a humanitarian nation. Our immigration history tells a different story.
Tina Vasquez
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Tina Vasquez is a journalist based in North Carolina who covers immigration, reproductive health, rights, and justice, gender, food, labor, and culture. She is currently the editor-at-large at Prism and she is working on a book about immigration and reproductive injustice.
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American Immigration Policies Brutalize Vulnerable Migrants
World Refugee Day reminds us how the U.S. doesn’t follow its own immigration laws—and that race, gender, and class can mean the difference between life and death.