The Haitian migrant crisis at the southern border is only the latest stage in a decades-long legacy of brutal mistreatment by the U.S. government, much of which unfolded at Cuban detention facilities.

The UN Convention on Refugees gives form to a humanitarian ideal, but states still judge what counts as harm and who deserves protection.

A leaked Department of Homeland Security database confirms what many suspected: the U.S. government is trying to punish and intimidate people advocating for immigrant rights.

We have surrendered the cherished value of “innocent until proven guilty” for the security logic that we are all “risky until proven safe.”

It is an ever-widening surveillance zone that turns borderland citizens into guardians of the state.