by Elvia Arriola | Sep 16, 2018 | Delegations, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Organizations, Resources, Women and Globalization
Why go on a delegation to the border to meet maquiladora workers? Click here for an informational video.
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 | 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 | Nov 16, 2015 | Advocacy and Activism, Fair Trade, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Fair Trade Events, Women and Globalization
The Dignity and Justice Maquiladora: A Dream on Hold **Dr. Judith Rosenberg, January 2012 One July morning in 2001, I was snooping around the offices of the Comité Fronterizo de Obreras/os in Piedras Negras. I was teaching English to the workers’ children and waiting...
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,...