I met this man in the deportee center in Nogales. Notice the logo on his sweatshirt! It is internationally recognizable...because money, corporations, food and goods now move freely all over the world. We accept that we live in a smaller and smaller, more and more connected world. And yet, we still argue over, and restrict the movement of, 'human capital'. Humans migrate for the very same reason that birds migrate...to save their lives. And the reason that humans try to migrate again and again, is that the reasons propelling them still exist: Multi-national corporations have taken over their farms and factories, a family member needs medical care, kids need schooling, and everyone is hungry. It is ironic that the sweatshirt and its maker are allowed to roam the globe freely, but this valuable human-being is criminalized for trying to find honest work in the rich country that borders his own.
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