Tag: immigration

  • US Immigration, visualized

    US Immigration, visualized

    Historical immigration to the U.S. shown as a set of tree rings.

  • Border Wall

    My twitter feed blew up last weekend. I had to turn off notifications and, even now, four days later, the number of retweets, likes, and responses are still coming in above the usual trickle. I clearly touched a nerve. A jogger, visiting Canada from France, accidentally crossed the border, was apprehended by US Border Patrol,…

  • Caught in the Crossfire

    Caught in the Crossfire

    The hastily announced executive order banning people from several Middle Eastern countries for 90 days and all refugees for four months caused confusion, anguish, and anger across the United States this past weekend. As I monitored the stories that were coming in from airports across the nation, it was the stories of innocent people caught…