Outdoor Encampments

Outdoor Encampments

A sign for a restaurant at the Del Rio port of entry. Photo: Jenn Budd. Few Americans understand the policies that make up the immigration deterrence operations of the US Border Patrol. These mandates are often confusing and can change drastically from one...
Duck & Cover: America’s First Lockdown Drills

Duck & Cover: America’s First Lockdown Drills

When danger threatened him, he never got hurt. He knew just what to do.—Bert the Turtle  In 1950, Mayor William O’Dwyer announced a plan to protect New York City school children, not from active shooters, but from the atomic bomb. The plan—which continued for a...
Deterrence Policies of the US Border Patrol

Deterrence Policies of the US Border Patrol

November, 1995 | 288th graduation Few Americans understand the policies that make up the immigration deterrence operations of the US Border Patrol. These mandates are often confusing and can change drastically from one administration to the next, or even within a...
That Stinking Agreement

That Stinking Agreement

The United Nation’s aid convoy to Sare in East Timor Last August, Pope Francis appointed a new Cardinal, Virgilio do Carmo da Silva, from the tiny country of East Timor. East Timor had been a colony of Portugal until it was brutally occupied by Indonesia. I am not...