Dear Democrats: We owe migrants more than “decriminalization”

U.S. policies have created the disasters from which they flee

A farmer in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico waits for a coyote to take him north. NAFTA caused a surge in rural migration as farmers were flooded with cheap US imports. (Photo: David Bacon dbacon@igc.org)

Like many citizens of the United States, I was pleased to hear the consensus condemnation of President Trump’s punitive migration policies from Democratic presidential candidates during the last debate. Granted, It does not take much courage to condemn…