Over the past few years, questions about who belongs where have dominated the news. Stories about migration. Legal and illegal immigration. Nativism. Colonialism. These issues have triggered deep emotional responses and plenty of punditry, though less attention has focused on the ideas that underlie them. Perhaps it’s time for us to take a deeper look. […]

Last week, there was widespread international outrage in response to the Trump Administration’s family separation policy. Though it was reversed, there is still no guarantee children seeking asylum in the US will remain with their parents outside of detention centers. Some children could be detained with their parents and others could be separated from their […]

In a White House meeting last week, Donald Trump ranted about immigrants (not for the first time). He said, “These aren’t people, these are animals, and we’re taking them out of the country at a rate that’s never happened before.” Though there has been some debate about exactly whom he was referring to, it wasn’t […]