A New York Times article published last week, “Tension Simmers as Cubans Breeze Across [Mexico-]U.S. Border,” highlights both the distance and proximity of Cuban and other Latin American immigrants in the United States. There is a longstanding tradition of talking about the Latin@ community as excluding Miami/Cubans and of talking…
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Central American Refugees and the Issue of Visibility
Until a few weeks ago, there was a major news cycle which, depending on the ideological bent of the news source, highlighted the increasing numbers of migrants, particularly minors who come as refugees to the US without authorization. They come primarily from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. (But not from…