If you leave water for distressed migrants who might find it after crossing the border illegally in certain places, including BLM lands, you are likely in the clear. Opinion Opinion: America’s definition of ‘refugee’ needs an update Expanding the criteria for asylum protection would make it easier to protect those who need it and reject those who don’t. AdvertisementThe U.S.-Mexico border is mostly discussed in relation to politics, and which party is to blame for the many migrants seeking legal asylum here. Fundamental policy shifts need to occur, obviously, but in the meantime, groups such as No More Deaths and the various Samaritan groups, as well as regular citizens, leave water, cans of beans, blankets. The protagonist of Laura Pritchett’s latest novel, “Three Keys,” makes a water drop and grapples with questions of invisibility on a midlife coming-of-age journey.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 05, 2024 10:04 UTC