28 April 2009 Main Posts US border control Jennifer Mills Democracy Now is running a story on No More Deaths’ Dan Millis, who was convicted of littering last year for leaving water out for Mexicans crossing illegally into the USA. I spent a week with No More Deaths last year and wrote a piece about it for New Matilda. Good to see the issue’s alive and well in the US, and disappointing to see nothing has changed on it since the election. Isabel Garcia of Derechos Humanos says “I think the Obama administration is smart, competent and totally unaware of what’s going on along this border.” Let’s hope she’s right, and they are made aware, though i suspect this swine flu business will be used as an excuse for further tightening. Jennifer Mills Jennifer Mills was Overland fiction editor between 2012 and 2018. Her latest novel, The Airways, is out through Picador. More by Jennifer Mills Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays First published in Overland Issue 228 11 November 202211 November 2022 Main Posts On the last day of Subscriberthon, our amazing online editor gives you one last (very good) reason to subscribe Editorial team What's in store for the last day of Subscriberthon? First published in Overland Issue 228 10 November 202210 November 2022 Main Posts On the second-last day of Subscriberthon, our favourite editor-duo give you reason #1002 to subscribe to Overland Editorial team What's in store for the second-last day of Subscriberthon?