What do you call someone who takes another person, straps him down to a table, then cuts open his stomach with a knife and starts removing internal organs? Is it a torturer? Crazed mad scientist? How about a surgeon? Context and motivation make all the difference. Yesterday Brandon Judd, President of the National Border Patrol …
Many news outlets report today that several members of the Guatemalan caravan have been allowed to enter the U.S. for the purpose of being processed for asylum by U.S. immigration authorities. Here is an excellent article explaining the asylum process from the New York Times. The Trump administration continues to take a hard line, arguing …
Approximately 400 people have traveled through Mexico from Guatemala to the U.S. border for the purpose of seeking asylum in the United States. There has been extensive news coverage here, and also here. The Trump administration is lamenting their arrival, threatening to deny them entry, and claiming that the very fact they are seeking asylum …
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