The XX Factor : immigration

When People Say Dov Charney Is Exploitative, They're Not Talking About Immigration

Kerry Howley — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:15:00 GMT

There was always something transparently cynical about Obama’s lofty promise to “go after employers” instead of undocumented workers themselves, as if making it impossible for immigrants to find decent jobs were something other than persecution. But why,...(read more)

Amreeka Chooses Comedy Over Condemnation

Kerry Howley — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:34:00 GMT

I wonder what it means that most every review I’ve read of Amreeka , a film that premiered at Sundance and opens in L.A. and New York tonight, makes use of the word “gentle” ... (Read more in DoubleX .)...(read more)

Nine, Illegal, Alone.

Kerry Howley — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:54:00 GMT

There’s a moment in Which Way Home , a documentary airing tonight on HBO, in which someone tells a group of Central American men that 20 percent of them will die on their way into Arizona. “Who wants to go to the United States?” he shouts after imparting...(read more)

"Government Officials Would Not Even Confirm That the Dead Man Had Existed"

Kerry Howley — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:46:00 GMT

Last night I listened to a member of the U.S. Coast Guard narrate the experience of intercepting a boat full of Haitians trying to reach American soil. The worst part, he said, was that the immigrants thought they’d found “the welcome wagon.” The Coast...(read more)

Born in the USA? Prove It.

Nayeli Rodriguez — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:51:00 GMT

Summer tourists complaining of passport troubles can gain some perspective by reading a recent article in the Wall Street Journal on the legal challenges currently facing thousands of Texans. Because they were issued by midwives, these people's birth...(read more)