How borders dehumanize us
Seeing someone shot was far from the worst thing I saw, but it it made me realize how much life on the border had changed me
Brooklyn, New York- Borderlands are inherently chaotic. Until two weeks ago, I lived on a particularly troubled one and it changed me. I spent the majority of my days talking to penniless refugees fleeing starvation and violence. I witnessed street protests devolve into a terrifying madness that…