. IS DETENTION OF IMMIGRANTS WISE PUBLIC POLICY? Photograph taken outside of the Etowah County Detention Center (Gadsen, Alabama). The sign in the window reads: “We miss our kids.” Photograph credit: Miguel Angel Carpizo-Ituarte. The accompanying story can be...
Crazy Mexican Border Politics Post 9-11** by Elvia Rosales Arriola Executive Director, WOB, INC. State Defiance of Federal Border Control On April 23, 2010 the Governor of Arizona signed a law passed by the legislature that allowed police officers to demand proof of...
The Department of Homeland Security, through its Border Security division daily apprehends and subsequently detains through the division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) thousands of persons believed to be present in the U.S.A. without proper travel or...
Breathing and Recovery for the Body of the Maquiladora Worker (2012) Elvia Rosales Arriola, Executive Director, WOMEN ON THE BORDER What if Women on the Border, as an aspect of our mission to educate, could take stress- relief training to the women in the...
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. It superseded the Canada –...
What happens when a migrant crosses the border? The idea for the Journey of an Immigrant Delegations emerged from awareness of growing anti-immigrant attitudes reflected in increased legislative efforts all over the U.S. to criminalize the undocumented worker and...
