May 24, 2019
On the immigrant rights frontline,
in this current landscape, it is seriously difficult to win and to hold down
that win, solely with a legal strategy. For when we do gain a win, the system
finds ways to take it back or neuter it. There needs to be a parallel political
strategy, which cannot just be of the electoral type, and it must be
intentionally informed by those who are, and will be, directly affected by any
result of the strategy, to bring true value to it. As obvious as that may seem,
we more often than not, have found ourselves “attacking walled cities”
according to Sun Tzu’s (Chinese general, military strategist and philosopher)
analysis on strategies.
Metaphorically, our “walled cities”
are the Courts, which are being fortified at an accelerated and alarming rate
with some hardened and odious men and materials, none more so than at the
Supreme Court. The somewhat muted response that followed the Supreme Court’s
recent decision on Nielsen v.
Preap gives sound to the belief that Justice Alito’s superfluous
analysis laid a minefield that would prevent or pervert any other attempt to
get that close to their wall again.[…]
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| FFF and CAAAV marching during National Day of Action (2018-6-30) |
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