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Why ICE Raids Imperil Us All
Moss, Andrew
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/03/28/why-ice-raids-imperil-us-all/Date Written: 2017-03-28 Publisher: CounterPunch Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX20600 Millions of people who have been living and working in the U.S., contributing to their communities and to the economy, are now at risk simply for who they are: people "without papers." Abstract: - Excerpt: The policy doesn’t simply threaten specific individuals, families, or communities. It imperils all of us, not simply because it emerged from the racialized rhetoric and scapegoating promulgated by candidate and President Trump – and not simply because it enacts these evils in official government policy. It imperils us because it places into question our very identities as Americans. Is citizenship only a matter of status and category, i.e. the possession or non-possession of a birth certificate, green card, or certificate of naturalization? Or does it mean something deeper: a responsibility to one’s fellow human beings? Subject Headings |