by Elvia Arriola | Sep 5, 2018 | Delegations, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
Melissa went on a delegation with support from WOB. The experiential learning of a delegation brings to life the impact of U.S. and Mexico trade agreements. ********** Dear Women on the Border, My name is Melissa Gamez-Herrera and I participated in the Austin...
by Elvia Arriola | Jul 1, 2017 | Advocacy and Activism, Anti-immigrant law and policy, Further Study, Human Rights Violations, Immigrant Detention, Immigration ABCs, Karnes Stories, Legal Resources, Migrants and Human Rights, Resources
Visitor to an ICE Detention Center Austin immigration and civil rights lawyer Virginia Raymond and retired law professor Elvia Arriola (Director for WOB) authored a critique of the for-profit detention system for immigration. Giant global companies like GeoGroup, Inc....
by Elvia Arriola | Oct 21, 2016 | Migrants and Human Rights
I’ve crossed American soil The fine line that divides poverty between the land of opportunity I’ll always remember my Mexican sisters across the border, but will I practice what they preach? Or pretend I’m someone I’m not cut out to be? Forget my identity and sell my...
by Elvia Arriola | Apr 23, 2016 | Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights
QUEER, UNDOCUMENTED, AND SITTING IN AN IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER: A POST-OBERGEFELL REFLECTION Elvia Rosales Arriola** “I left my country because I am gay and I don’t fit into Honduras’ society; I also fled for my life because I refused to do work for a drug...
by Elvia Arriola | Nov 16, 2015 | Advocacy and Activism, Fair Trade, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Fair Trade Events, Women and Globalization
The Dignity and Justice Maquiladora: A Dream on Hold **Dr. Judith Rosenberg, January 2012 One July morning in 2001, I was snooping around the offices of the Comité Fronterizo de Obreras/os in Piedras Negras. I was teaching English to the workers’ children and waiting...
