by Elvia Arriola | Dec 1, 2010 | Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights
Mexican Border Politics Since September 11, 2001 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...
by Elvia Arriola | Jun 21, 2005 | Maquiladoras, Migrants and Human Rights, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
WOB COMMENT: Historical Context Current arguments about immigration point the finger of blame at the Mexican undocumented who are in the U.S. “sin papeles” (without legal status). Of course Mexicans have been coming north since thirteen little...
by Elvia Arriola | Apr 2, 2002 | Advocacy and Activism, Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights, NAFTA
Speech notes: We can’t talk about globalization without realizing how significant the role of women is in the global economy, whether in Mexico’s efforts to modernize more and get into the First World or throughout the world. Law and public policy’s role in...
by Elvia Arriola | Jan 21, 2002 | Migrants and Human Rights, NAFTA
WHAT IS A MAQUILADORA OR WHAT IS A SWEATSHOP? The maquiladora or “sweatshop” is sadly not new. In the early 1900s?American labor history documents the treatment of European immigrant women who toiled 12-15 hour days for the pittance of wages. The...
