This border fence has become a magnet for family reunions. Just don't try to hug
This border fence has become a magnet for family reunions. Just don't try to hug
- September 16, 2016
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci, via the Los Angeles Times and MSN, Sept. 16, 2016
“Until the 1990s, it was relatively easy for folks in Mexico to come to the U.S. and folks in the U.S. to go into Mexico,” said Louis DeSipio, a professor of political science at UC Irvine. “Creating this new arbitrary situation of ‘You can touch right here but not there’ is a new development in the long history for the U.S. southern border.”
For the full story, please visit http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-hugs-at-the-border-20160901-snap-story.html.
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