What Caitlin Dickerson thinks about America
American journalist and staff writer at The Atlantic covering immigration, earlier a reporter at The New York Times and NPR; her 2022 investigation of the Trump administration's family-separation policy won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting.
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4 dated positions, 2021 to 2024, in their own words. Our reading of what Caitlin Dickerson has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsTrying to cut off migration to the United States by unilaterally changing policies that are carried out in Texas or Arizona would be like trying to stop people from competing in a marathon while standing on the finish line.
↗There’s No Such Thing as a Border Czartheatlantic.com 1st of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsBut the U.S. contributes to many of these crises—a good reason for our elected officials to pay attention to them.
↗There’s No Such Thing as a Border Czartheatlantic.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsI’ve heard countless stories about the factors that people weigh before deciding to leave home. Rarely do these narratives include even a passing reference to American immigration policy.
↗There’s No Such Thing as a Border Czartheatlantic.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
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Their wordsNot everyone who comes to the United States for a job needs humanitarian protection, but everyone who comes for humanitarian protection needs a job. Yet our laws are so outdated and our elected officials so dependent on divisive talking points that we can’t figure out a lawful way to solve a problem that should be quite fixable.