by Elvia Arriola | Jul 19, 2012 | Contact Us, Further Study, Migrants and Human Rights, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. The agreement came into force on January 1, 1994. It superseded the Canada –...
by Elvia Arriola | Apr 3, 2012 | Advocacy and Activism, Delegations, Further Study, Immigration and Human Rights Bibliography, Migrants and Human Rights, Resources, WOB Archival
What happens when a migrant crosses the border? The idea for the Journey of an Immigrant Delegations emerged from awareness of growing anti-immigrant attitudes reflected in increased legislative efforts all over the U.S. to criminalize the undocumented worker and...
by Elvia Arriola | Dec 9, 2011 | Advocacy and Activism, Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Women and Globalization
INITIAL IMPACT: (10 Oct 2011 email from my Tío Juan Guzmán & my response to him) Good morning … It was interesting reading about this latest venture of yours…that is great….I believe everyone ought to be involved in one issue at least once in...
by Elvia Arriola | Sep 21, 2011 | Further Study, Maquiladoras, NAFTA, Resources, Women and Globalization
The Quest for Social Justice in the Border Factories known as “maquiladoras.” In 2000, several years into the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, a lawsuit, or complaint of sorts was filed by workers in Matamoros (Brownsville,TX) against Custom...
by Elvia Arriola | Sep 13, 2011 | Further Study
Synopsis of article by Professor Carmen G. Gonzalez, Seattle University School of Law: An Environmental Justice Critique of Comparative Advantage: Indigenous Peoples, Trade Policy, and the Mexican Neoliberal Economic Reforms, 32 U. Penn. J of Int’l L. 723...
by Elvia Arriola | Aug 29, 2011 | Further Study
Crazy Mexican Border Politics Since September 11, 2001 by Elvia Rosales Arriola State Defiance of Federal Border Control On April 23, 2010 Governor Jan Brewer signed a law passed by the Arizona legislature enabling police officers to demand...
