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. ...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 24, 2019 | Further Study, Immigration ABCs, Legal Resources, Migrants and Human Rights
IMMIGRATION ABCs Asylum Seeker Asylum seekers come to the US fleeing danger in their home countries. In recent years, most people seeking asylum in the US have come from the Northern Triangle of Central America, which includes Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala. ...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 22, 2019 | Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY MIGRANTS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA? Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras rank high in problems of systemic violence that has produced massive instability and pressure on thousands of citizens to leave home. Migrants report either having been the...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 22, 2019 | Advocacy and Activism, Anti-immigrant law and policy, Immigration ABCs, Legal Resources, Migrants and Human Rights, Organizations, Post-Detention Assistance, Resources
Know Your Rights as a Refugee (ENGLISH) (pdf) Asylum and the Rights of Refugees (IJRC)
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 22, 2019 | News resources
Jess Chapin has a long history of academic research and activism around the struggles of women, immigrants and gender minorities on the U.S.-Mexico border and within in the U.S. Her doctoral work in cultural anthropology addressed issues of gender and border...
