America’s border crisis reaches New York, by bus
A cruel ploy makes a fair point: immigration demands national attention
Nothing quite captures the idealism and indifference of Americans, or the cleverness and shortsightedness of their politicians, like the madness that has overtaken the country’s approach to immigration. How else to explain the scene at the Port Authority bus terminal in Manhattan on a recent Friday morning?
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “A bused people”
United States August 27th 2022
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