{"id":30138,"date":"2023-11-24T12:32:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T20:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=30138"},"modified":"2023-11-24T12:32:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T20:32:39","slug":"talk-of-border-crisis-is-misleading-the-real-crisis-is-us-imposed-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/24\/talk-of-border-crisis-is-misleading-the-real-crisis-is-us-imposed-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk of \u201cBorder Crisis\u201d Is Misleading. The Real Crisis Is US-Imposed Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thursday, November 23rd, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author: \u00a0 \u00a0 C.J. Polychroniou<br>Source: \u00a0 \u00a0 truthout<br>Publication Date: \u00a0 \u00a0 November 21, 2023 (schwartzreport.net)<br>Link:\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/talk-of-border-crisis-is-misleading-the-real-crisis-is-us-imposed-poverty\/\" target=\"_blank\">Talk of \u201cBorder Crisis\u201d Is Misleading. The Real Crisis Is US-Imposed Poverty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephan: &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the most sensible thing I have read about the immigration issue in many months. The corporate media has made a complete hash of this trend, and most peopledo not have a correct understanding of what is going on. This interview will being clarity and accuracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schwartzreport.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-58.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84683\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A family is overcome with emotion after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on September 28, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas.<br>Credit: John Moore \/ Getty<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Immigration has been a touchstone of United States political debates for decades, and several cities claim to be at a \u201cbreaking point\u201d as they struggle to absorb and support arrived migrants. But is there really a border crisis? And why are cities like New York unable to cope with the influx of migrants when their numbers are not unusual by historic standards? Have the Biden administration\u2019s changes in asylum laws made a difference? Is there a \u201csolution\u201d to the migration \u201cproblem\u201d? Avi Chomsky addresses these questions in an exclusive interview for&nbsp;<em>Truthout<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avi Chomsky is professor of history and coordinator of the Latin American studies program at Salem State University. She is the author of many books, including&nbsp;<em>Is Science Enough? Forty Critical Questions About Climate Justice&nbsp;<\/em>(2022);&nbsp;<em>Central America\u2019s Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration&nbsp;<\/em>(2021)<em>; \u201cThey Take Our Jobs!\u201d: And 20 Other Myths about Immigration&nbsp;<\/em>(2007); and&nbsp;<em>Undocumented: How Immigration Became [\u2026]<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/talk-of-border-crisis-is-misleading-the-real-crisis-is-us-imposed-poverty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, November 23rd, 2023 Author: \u00a0 \u00a0 C.J. PolychroniouSource: \u00a0 \u00a0 truthoutPublication Date: \u00a0 \u00a0 November 21, 2023 (schwartzreport.net)Link:\u00a0Talk of \u201cBorder Crisis\u201d Is Misleading. The Real Crisis Is US-Imposed Poverty Stephan: &nbsp; This is the most sensible thing I have read about the immigration issue in many months. The corporate&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/24\/talk-of-border-crisis-is-misleading-the-real-crisis-is-us-imposed-poverty\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30139,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30138\/revisions\/30139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}