by Elvia Arriola | Aug 1, 2019 | Further Study
ESSAY on Mexican farmers’ displacement and Mexico’s rejection of genetically modified organisms. “Farmers, NAFTA, and Global Agricultural Corporate Power” by Elvia R. Arriola, WOB Director. A visit to the Mexican border to view the conditions for workers in the...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 27, 2019 | Human Rights Violations, Immigrant Detention, Migrants and Human Rights
A major news network reported in July 2019 that well over 4,000 migrant children could be held indefinitely in government custody. Read the story here.
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 26, 2019 | Anti-immigrant law and policy, Further Study, Immigration ABCs, Immigration and Detention Timeline, Legal Resources, Migrants and Human Rights, News resources
Congressional Oversight and Reform Committee Critically Examines Trump Administration’s Child Separation Policies (2019) From the Executive Summary: On February 26, 2019, the Committee on Oversight and Reform voted on a bipartisan basis to authorize...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 24, 2019 | Advocacy and Activism, Anti-immigrant law and policy, Further Study, Immigration ABCs, Migrants and Human Rights
IMMIGRATION ABC’s Family Separation The number of children separated from their parents at the border increased sharply after the Zero Tolerance policy went into effect between April and June of 2018. Children were taken into the custody of the Office of...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 24, 2019 | Human Rights Violations, Immigrant Detention, Immigration ABCs, Migrants and Human Rights, Prisons for Profit
IMMIGRATION ABCs Immigrant Detention Immigrant detention has greatly expanded since 2014. A surge in unaccompanied minors during the Obama administration led to a policy of using detention, including family detention, as a way to deter people from coming to the US. ...
