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 21, 2019 | Anti-immigrant law and policy, Migrants and Human Rights
HRW (2018) REPORT ON DONALD J. TRUMP: “[H]e has targeted refugees and immigrants, calling them criminals and security threats; emboldened racist politics by equivocating on white nationalism; and consistently championed anti-Muslim ideas and policies. His...
by Elvia Arriola | Sep 13, 2018 | Anti-immigrant law and policy, Human Rights Violations, Immigrant Detention, Immigration ABCs, Migrants and Human Rights
There are over 250 detention centers operating throughout the U.S. (see Detention by the Numbers) Most immigration processing centers are managed by a few private prison corporations such as GEO GROUP. Detained immigrants who aren’t citizens, lack documentation...
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...
