A CBP Officer processes an incoming passenger at the Newark International Airport. Photo by James Tourtellotte https://www.flickr.com/photos/cbpphotos/8468732156/in/photostream/

Passport Please

On arrival to Texas from Paris on Feb. 22, 2017, en route to Texas A&M University, where he was an invited guest, Dr. Rousso was held for 11 hours; and though eventually released, through the intercession of Texas A&M University’s president and a law professor, his experience is telling of where we are headed as people and a nation. In fact, it is telling of where we have arrived, now, in this moment.