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Exploitation in global factories has led women workers to fight for fair wages and empower themselves through fair trade networks.
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With social critique and humor artists and activists reimagine human relationships along the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Women on the Border offers resources for the struggle to uphold the human rights of migrants and the undocumented.
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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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Help NGOs targeted for providing aid to immigrants and refugees
On the day of his inauguration President Trump signed several executive orders including one that targeted non-governmental organizations providing any kind of aid to undocumented individuals. Federal courts have ordered the Trump administration to resume funding for...
Help the organizations impacted by the current freeze on refugee aid
The following is an important plea for help from Austin Jews and Partners for Refugees. Dear Friends! Because funds for all federally-funded refugee services are either shut off or continue to be indefinitely frozen, refugee agencies in Central Texas have now been...
The Border Chronicle: An Excellent Source for Reporting on the Border
The Border Chronicle, an email newsletter on Substack, is an excellent source of up-to-date news and analysis about the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. It is produced by long-time border journalists Melissa del Bosque and Todd Miller, who are currently working out of Tucson,...
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An artist brought 'I.C.E. pops' to a Texas campus. The show was shut down in days
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The Trump administration's executive orders have meant that administrators are questioning what art can — and can't — be seen on campus.
Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers
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Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting.
A new ICE facility could speed up deportations for families and kids
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The Trump administration plans to open a 528-bed holding center for migrant families and unaccompanied children awaiting removal from the U.S., putting it next to a Louisiana airfield that has become ...