Government,
Immigration
Nov. 13, 2023
An absurd stalemate on immigration reform
In the summer of 2019, I wanted to go beyond fiction and write a play where – through actors – I could more fully humanize the plight of undocumented immigrants and the harm caused to them by ruthless anti-immigrant policies.
Daniel A. Olivas
Senior Assistant Attorney General
Land Use and Conservation Section of the California Department of Justice
Daniel A. Olivas is the senior assistant attorney general of the Land Use and Conservation Section of the California Department of Justice. He is also a playwright, poet, critic, and the author of 12 books, including his latest novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press), and My Chicano Heart: New and Collected Stories of Love and Other Transgressions (University of Nevada Press).
In January 2017, I was inspired to write a fictional response to Donald Trump's election in the form of a dystopian short story where the President had finally constructed his long-promised wall at our southern border. His gaudy, gold-embellished structure included an adjoining detention center specifically designed to separate undocumented parents from their U.S.-born children...
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