The deployment of federal civilian employees is aimed at facilitating, not changing, a brutal policy of incarcerating children fleeing violence and poverty, which has led to thousands of child migrants being packed into cages along the US-Mexican border.
Earlier this year, working with the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Bush administration announced plans to sell over 300,000 acres of public national forest land. The plan, which was included in the White House’s 2007 budget proposal, would chiefly affect California (85,500 acres), Idaho (26,200 acres), Colorado (21,500 acres) and Missouri (21,500 acres).
Over the past two weeks, Tom Mackaman, the Socialist Equality Party candidate for state representative from Illinois’ 103rd District (Champaign-Urbana), has participated in a series of debates, media appearances and other campaign forums with incumbent Democrat Naomi Jakobsson and the Republican contender, Deborah Frank-Feinen.
