Salient Facts

Here are some numbers from the research and advocacy group Hope Border Network. There are over 70,000 undocumented citizens in El Paso County which is 10% of the entire population. This is largely the result of the split family construction where certain generations were born here and others were not that the Dreamers initiative implemented under Obama was intended to resolve. The rights conferred under this law expire within the year and a very palpable dread hangs over El Paso. Illegal immigration is a category the line itself constructs for the purpose of exploiting labor. Border Patrol targeted immediate crossers under Obamafor deportation. Now, ICE focuses attention on the interior and just released their numbers: an over 30% increase in deportations. In collaboration with local law enforcement Hispanic people who have lived north of the border with their families for decades are being rounded up and deported. Deported. The "repatriation" of Mexican nationals has always moved people south. When will this process acknowledge land grants for families dating back before the 19Century in order to see migration north as true repatriation? (December 7, 2017)