by Elvia Arriola | Jun 29, 2011 | Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights, Women and Globalization
Although there has been an increased focus on Mexican immigration to the United States, Mexicans have been migrating north for better opportunities since our nation was formed. When the U.S. gained control of the Southwest, the Mexican population that was living...
by Elvia Arriola | Jun 23, 2011 | Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights, Women and Globalization
Crushing Barely begins to capture The weight of the grief That sits Mountain sized Upon my soul As a departing visitor to El Paso/Ciudad Juarez A land of divides Rich and poor Brown and white Citizen and not Identities crafted By powerful attitudes in Custom and law...
by Elvia Arriola | Jun 15, 2011 | Further Study, Maquiladoras, Migrants and Human Rights, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
AUTHOR’S SUMMARY ELVIA R. ARRIOLA, Voices from the Barbed Wires of Despair, Women in the Maquiladoras, Latina Critical Legal Theory and Gender at the U.S. Mexico Border, 49 De Paul L. Rev. 729-815 (2000) (87 pages ) (This Summary – 5 pages) This study uses...
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...
