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Women on the Border was founded in 2001 to support the empowerment of women working in the NAFTA factories (maquiladoras) at the U.S.-Mexico border.
In recent years, as U.S. policy has become more hostile than ever to migrants, workers, and people of color, Women on the Border has sought to promote scholarship and activism calling for freedom, justice and human dignity.
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S P R I N G 2017 May Delegation Reflection Essay "Delegation to Piedras Negras and Ciudad Acuña: NAFTA and maquiladora workers" by Lissette Almanza I left Austin on May 26, 2017, with empty hands (manos vacias) to go on my first delegation trip to the border produced...
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Chicago immigration court violated due process for minors with removal orders, lawmakers say
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin and immigration advocates sounded an alarm Wednesday over what they described as systemic due process violations at Chicago's Downtown immigration court.
Trump Has Found a New Way to Sabotage the Asylum Process
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Personnel trained to streamline the system have been suddenly reassigned to tend to administration priorities that can best be described as “spectral.”
