John Washington is a writer based in Arizona. He is the co-translator of A History of Violence (Verso, 2016), by Salvadoran author Óscar Martinez. Follow him on Twitter at @EndDeportations.
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The Link Between Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants and Deaths in the Desert
Trump's policies reduce people first to “illegals,” then to deportation statistics, and, finally, to a scattering of bones in an arroyo.
John Washington
Feature
Trump’s Executive Orders on “Border Security” Are as Bad as We Expected
The president wasted no time to start targeting immigrants.
John Washington
Feature
ICE Must Stop Locking Up Immigrants—Whether in Private or Public Prisons
Excising private detention centers like Corrections Corporation of America and GEO Group is just the first step.
John Washington
Dispatch
When Prisons Are Toxic to Both Humanity and the Environment
Activists are taking aim at mass incarceration, environmental pollution and the toxic prisons where the two problems meet.
John Washington
Dispatch
Asylum Seekers Face Kafkaesque Ordeal at U.S.-Mexico Border
Migrants have to choose between keeping their families together and finding safety.
John Washington
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The U.S. Is Locking Up Immigrant Children in Private Prisons Under Inhumane Conditions
The message being sent by the U.S. government is that when frightened women and children come to America seeking sanctuary, we will imprison them
John Washington
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
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