Is the MAGA-fication of New Zealand’s Immigration System a Real Risk?
Recently, Prime Minister Chris Luxon and Immigration Minister Erica Stanford took questions from the media about the direction of New Zealand’s immigration policy. The Prime Minister was keen to reassure everyone that New Zealand is a sovereign nation and that we make our own immigration policies. Whew. Nothing to worry about then. Except… I’m not […]
How New Zealand Built an Immigration System That Quietly Exploits People
If you want to see where an immigration system can end up when cruelty becomes normal, you don’t have to look very far right now. Just look at the United States. There, immigration enforcement has become openly violent and performative: armed raids, family separations, detention camps, political rhetoric that treats migrants as criminals by default, […]