White House Reviews Migrants' Rights, Ignores Its Own Role
While Newsweek dutifully reports the White House's sudden concern over the 'rights' of migrants—a review that conveniently coincides with plummeting approval ratings and an election year—they skillfully omit the historical context. This isn't just about 'migrants'; it's about the very people destabilized by decades of U.S. foreign policy, economic exploitation through entities like the IMF and
World Bank, and military interventions from Latin America to the Middle East. The White House reviewing 'rights' is akin to an arsonist critiquing the fire department's response. Perhaps if the U.S. government hadn't spent generations propping up dictators, arming cartels, or sanctioning entire economies, fewer people would feel compelled to walk thousands of miles for a chance at survival. The
crisis isn't at the border; it's in the policies that create the desperate conditions forcing people there in the first place. One might wonder if this 'review' will include an assessment of how many U.S. policies directly fueled this migration. (Spoiler alert: it won't.)