John Washington
@jbwashing
•journalist/translator/author •@AZLuminaria •https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2199-the-case-for-open-borders •[email protected], Signal: johnw.06
I invite you to read my book, The Dispossessed, which is about the long history of asylum, the current wave of anti-asylum politics, and one Salvadoran man's journey to find safety for him and his daughter. From @VersoBooks versobooks.com/books/3171-the…
The Trump admin has formally unveiled a program to illegally use money Congress appropriated for emergency shelter for migrants released from DHS custody to instead detain people in state-run prison camps. They are calling this — no joke — "shelter in a detention environment."
I responded to @MarkSKrikorian's review and wild misapprehension of my book, The Case for Open Borders. He wrote for @ClaremontInst's Review of Books. I sent them an edited, and slightly tamed, version of this response. My latest newsletter. johnwashington.substack.com/p/case-counter…
"One exception would be pregnant women, who would be required to wear wrist-worn tracking devices" wapo.st/4feqwkA
I spoke with Dora Rodriguez, Tucson-based immigrant activist who nearly died crossing the desert in 1980, about her new memoir. Latest for @AZLuminaria azluminaria.org/2025/07/23/loc…
Last weekend @RepYassAnsari was denied access to an immigration detention center. She intended to visit, among others, a green card holder with leukemia detained there. (see starting at 2:30) I interviewed Ansari after a previous detention visit: azluminaria.org/2025/06/16/qa-…
As ICE ramps up its attacks on our communities with new funding from Trump's Big Ugly Bill, I want to make sure you know your rights and what we can and can't do as Members of Congress when it comes to ICE.
Russia plays real-life version of Ender's Game: theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
🚨Scoop🚨 The mysterious giant data center planned for Tucson was named in a 2023 doc obtained from Pima County: Amazon Web Services The data center—H20 and electricity intensive—has sparked fierce public pushback My latest w/ @Yanazure @AZLuminaria azluminaria.org/2025/07/21/ama…
"The bitterness is still there. The anger about what happened to him is still there.” More than 200 men sent to El Salvador were released from CECOT and returned to Venezuela. @nlanard and I talked to relatives and friends waiting to be reunited with them. motherjones.com/politics/2025/…
NEW EP! Journalist @jbwashing on his writing at @nybooks, “The Roots of Bukele’s Gulag.” PLUS this week's hangover cure, 'Rotten History,' the 'Question from Hell!' and Jeff Dorchen with the Moment of Truth. Support our work at patreon.com/thisishell thisishell.com/episodes/1846
Rest in power Fanny Howe -- one of the greats. I had the pleasure and honor of knowing the master poet, essayist, novelist. She was kind, challenging, brilliant. Do yourself and the world a favor and pick up one of her books.
We at the Review mourn the loss of Fanny Howe (1940-2025). In celebration of her life and work, we’ve unlocked her Art of Poetry interview, along with her poems, from our archive. theparisreview.org/interviews/841…
What a steal! haymarketbooks.org/books/2199-the…
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Tues.: @mikaelaloach on, "It’s Not That Radical: Climate Action to Transform Our World" (@haymarketbooks). Weds.: @AZLuminaria's @jbwashing on his @nybooks article, "The Roots of Bukele’s Gulag." We stream live at 10AM CDT and podcast shortly after at thisishell.com
NEWS: ICE is detaining 59,000 detainees in facilities across the US, likely a record high, internal figures obtained by CBS News show. ICE is at over 140% of its congressionally funded detention capacity. Nearly half of detainees lack criminal records. cbsnews.com/news/ice-recor…
After more than three months unjustly detained by the Trump administration, Mahmoud Khalil is finally free. He can go home, hug his wife, and hold his baby. He never should’ve been detained. As we celebrate his release, we will never stop working to defend human rights --…
I spoke to 11 of 12 candidates vying to fill the seat of the late progressive champion Raúl Grijalva and represent CD7 in Arizona, which includes almost all of Arizona's borderlands. Where does each of them stand on border/immigration politics? azluminaria.org/2025/06/18/bef…
I wrote about the standoff in LA, what's pushed people into the streets, and how law enforcement is illegally shooting at protesters. My latest newsletter:
Historically, Border Patrol’s El Paso sector has had among the fewest migrant deaths across the southern border. By 2024, two years after the city joined Texas’ border mission, the El Paso sector had become the deadliest place for migrants to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. 🧵