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Immigration in hotter times

The impact of clearly changing weather patterns because of a warmer planet is happening in our face

The officials said ICE agents were targeting at least 2,000 immigrants who have been ordered deported — some as a result of their failure to appear in court — but who remain in the country illegally. FIle Photo
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The officials said ICE agents were targeting at least 2,000 immigrants who have been ordered deported — some as a result of their failure to appear in court — but who remain in the country illegally. FIle Photo

Sunita Narain
I am sharing an image that has been haunting me. We are locked in a room where we can see from our narrowly opened window that the weather outside has gone berserk — fires in forests, heat waves, extreme rain, and storms, all happening as predicted. But our screams are not being heard. As if, it is happening somewhere else. Or not real. 

I know this sounds too dramatic. But it is a fact. The impact of clearly changing weather patterns because of a warmer planet is happening in our face. But we are so distracted — trade wars, Brexit, immigration,
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