Stories by Tom Barry
Tom Barry directs the TransBorder Project of the Americas Program (www.americaspolicy.org) at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC. He blogs at http://borderlinesblog.blogspot.com.
The speculative public-private detention center represents the new face of imprisonment in America.
Posted on Oct 23, 2009, Source: Boston Review
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants, both legal and illegal, are at the center of a huge prisoner outsourcing business.
Posted on Feb 25, 2009, Source: Center for International Policy
Napolitano doesn't have the power to change immigration law. She's there to administer the department, enforce the law, and keep the homeland secure.
Posted on Feb 20, 2009, Source: Americas Policy Program
Residents are alternately bemused and angry at the border security buildup.
Posted on Feb 20, 2009, Source: Americas Policy Program
The "enforcement only" policy has fostered a national immigrant prison complex that feeds on ever-increasing numbers of arrested immigrants.
Posted on Feb 18, 2009, Source: Dollars and Sense
If the restrictionists have their way, the drive against undocumented immigrants will be taken to legal immigrants in the near future.
Posted on Oct 23, 2008, Source: Americas Policy Program
ICE has created a multi-billion dollar industry for holding immigrants deemed "removable" by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Posted on Jun 23, 2008, Source: Americas Policy Program
A comprehensive look at John Bolton's career reveals a man who champions extremism in the service of expediency.
Posted on Apr 12, 2005, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
The Pentagon neocons who brought you the war in Iraq have a new target.
Posted on Oct 1, 2004, Source: In These Times
The Supreme Court didn't see fit to definitively remove 'under God' from the Pledge. But perhaps 'under God' isn't worth fighting over -- instead, let's fight for liberty and justice for all.
Posted on Jun 15, 2004, Source: AlterNet
The neoconservative plan to invade and occupy Iraq would not have succeeded without the support of 'centrists' closely associated with the Democratic Leadership Council.
Posted on May 27, 2004, Source: AlterNet
A small group of right-wing strategists, ideologues, and operatives have hijacked U.S. foreign policy, shifting it to the extreme right.
Posted on Nov 4, 2002, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
In order to regain its lost legitimacy, G8 forum must move away from its free trade ideology which has led to increasing social and economic polarization.
Posted on Jun 27, 2002, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
Not since the 1950s has the political rhetoric about the fight between American good and foreign-bred evil reached such a feverish pitch.
Posted on Feb 28, 2002, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
