How to Stop the Border Militarization Bonanza: A New Divestment List Identifies the Top Companies Involved in Border and Immigration Abuses

In this Q&A, Dov Baum of the American Friends Service Committee identifies corporations profiting from border and immigration enforcement and the "people pressure" needed to counter them.

An issue that we have focused on at The Border Chronicle is the private industry that has developed over the years around border and immigration enforcement. Particularly since 9/11—with the creation of two massively funded agencies, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement—there has been a dramatic jump in contracts issued…