The War on Immigrants
Sweeping Language in Asylum Agreement Foists U.S. Responsibilities onto El Salvador
If the agreement goes into effect, the U.S. will start deporting people to El Salvador wherever they may be from.
John Washington
John Washington is a staff writer at Arizona Luminaria, a community-focused media outlet where he writes about the border, climate change, democracy, and more. His latest book, “The Case for Open Borders” was published by Haymarket Books in 2024. Washington is also a translator, having co-translated, most recently, “The Hollywood Kid” by Óscar Martínez and Juan Martínez, and “Blood Barrios” by Alberto Arce, which won a PEN Translates Award.
He is also the author of “The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the U.S.-Mexico Border and Beyond,” published in 2020 by Verso Books.
He is also the author of “The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the U.S.-Mexico Border and Beyond,” published in 2020 by Verso Books.
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The War on Immigrants
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The War on Immigrants
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The War on Immigrants
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The War on Immigrants
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The War on Immigrants
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The War on Immigrants
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The War on Immigrants
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