Detroit News: When people opposed to housing young Central American immigrants here claimed the youths worked for drug cartels, Adam Barden was frustrated.
When the opponents attended demonstrations armed with semi-automatic rifles, he was perplexed.
And when they threatened to boycott his hardware store for not agreeing with them, he got angry.
“They’re doing damage to our community,” said Barden, 38, owner of True Value. “It really ticks you off.” Read More.
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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