“Forever Followed by ICE”
Long after they are deported, people are subjected to the Everywhere Border of surveillance, stigma, and economic hardship.
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A Reporter’s Journey through the Darién Gap: A Q&A with Author Belén Fernández
"As a microcosm embodying the chasmic and fortified gap between haves and have-nots, the Darién Gap is as good an expanded U.S. border as any."
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