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 | Aug 28, 2015 | Human Rights Violations, Immigrant Detention, Immigration ABCs, Karnes Stories, Migrants and Human Rights, Prisons for Profit
Organizers must be prepared to interact with officials of the Department of Homeland Security, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s rules for visitors. Below are relevant documents: ICE:DHS STAKEHOLDER PROCEDURES ICE:DHS TOUR NOTIFICATION FLYER ICE:DHS VISITOR...
by Elvia Arriola | Aug 20, 2015 | Delegations, Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights
Delegates met face to face with about three detainees at one time. ICE allowed a total of 90 minutes. Over 85 persons had signed up to meet with the group. To preserve anonymity and privacy detainees’ names are not identified. A detainee’s name appears...
by Elvia Arriola | Aug 19, 2015 | Delegations, Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights
SUMMARY NOTES OF VISIT TO PEARSALL FACILITY, MAY 16, 2014 (One component of a delegation experience entitled The Journey of an Immigrant, Co-produced for May 2014 by Austin Tan Cerca de la Frontera, Inc. and Women on the Border, Inc. Date of Tour: May 16,...
by Elvia Arriola | Sep 17, 2014 | Migrants and Human Rights
. 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...
by Elvia Arriola | Aug 20, 2014 | Migrants and Human Rights
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...
