Defending the Displaced: Border Justice & Migrant Rights
PROGRAM
As migrants, refugees and asylum seekers from Mexico, Central and South America, Africa and the Caribbean seek entry in the US at the border with Mexico, the discourse on global migration has gotten shrill and disingenuous. The human rights of migrants are being violated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, Border Patrol agents, police officers and vigilante groups everyday. The root causes of migration and US complicity in forcing people to leave their home countries are obscured. A panel of activists and academics will shed light on the crisis in US policy that has led to the displacement and demonization of migrants. The livestream is co-hosted by National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) and the Othering & Belonging Institute.
SPEAKERS
- Angelica Salas, Executive Director, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
- Alma Maquitico, Co-Director, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
- Nana Gyamfi, Executive Director, Black Alliance for Just Immigration
- Isabel Garcia, Founder, Coalición de Derechos Humanos
Moderated by: Elsadig Elsheikh, Director, Global Justice Program, Othering and Belonging Institute
ABOUT THE SERIES
A Black-led movement demanding police accountability and justice has galvanized anger, grief, and frustration over the repeated killings of Black men and women both historically and in the present day—but also hope for a future rooted in true belonging. “Rise Up For Justice: Black Lives and Our Collective Future” is an ongoing livestream series from the Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley that aims to provide space for cutting edge conversations among activists, scholars, journalists, and other thought leaders to provide context and analysis on this transformative moment and envision what comes next in the movement for racial justice. Find a playlist of previous programs here.
RESOURCES
articles
- Reclaiming Asylum, Rethinking the Border (The Progressive, April 12, 2021)
- What’s Driving the Surge at the Border (NYT, April 5, 2021)
- Eileen Sullivan and Zolan Kanno-Youngs. (2021). Biden Administration to Keep Using Public Health Rule to Turn Away Migrants. New York Times.
- Franco Ordoñez. (2021). Title 42 foes go back to court to try to end COVID measures blocking asylum seekers. NPR.
- Rising Border Encounters in 2021: An Overview and Analysis. American Immigration Council.
- Sabrina Rodriguez. It’s Not a Border Crisis. It’s a Climate Crisis. There was a time when rural Guatemalans never left home. (2021). POLITICO.
- Caitlin Dickerson. (2019). ‘There is a Stench’: Soiled Clothes and No Baths for Migrant Children at a Texas Center
- Suketu Mehta. (2019). Why Should Immigrants ‘Respect Our Borders’? The West Never Respected Theirs. New York Times
books
- Jason De León. (2015). The land of open graves: Living and dying on the migrant trail. Vol. 36. Univ of California Press, 2015.
- Bill Ong Hing. American Presidents, Deportations, and Human Rights Violations: From Carter to Trump
- Nolan Kline. (2019). Pathogenic Policing: Immigration Enforcement and Health in the US South. Rutgers University Press.
- Angela Garcia. (2019). Legal Passing: Navigating Undocumented Life and Local Immigration Law. University of California Press.
- Heide Castañeda. (2019). Borders of Belonging: Struggle and Solidarity in Mixed-Status Immigrant Families. Stanford University Press.
- Wendy A. Vogt. (2018). Lives in Transit: Violence and Intimacy on the Migrant Journey University of California Press.
videos
- Immigration: A Women’s Humanitarian Perspective: A true discussion on the border crisis. w/ Alma Maquitico, NNIRR’s Co-Director on a panel of border women leaders (FB video, March 27, 2021) Co-hosted by Corpus Christi American Federation of Teachers and the South Texas Human Rights Center
- KPFA radio interview with Cathi Tactaquin, former NNIRR founder/director and policy expert (March 23, 2021)
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Levantémonos por la justicia:
Las vidas negras y nuestro futuro colectivo
En defensa de los desplazados:
Justicia fronteriza y derechos de las personas migrantes
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PROGRAMA
Mientras migrantes, refugiados y solicitantes de asilo de México, Centroamérica, Sudamérica, África y el Caribe buscan ingresar a Estados Unidos por la frontera con México, el discurso sobre la migración global se ha vuelto estridente y falso. Los derechos humanos de las personas migrantes están siendo violados todos los días por agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés), de la Patrulla Fronteriza, oficiales de policía y grupos de vigilantes clandestinos. Las causas fundamentales de la migración así como la complicidad de Estados Unidos para obligar a las personas a abandonar sus países de origen se mantienen en la oscuridad. Un panel de activistas y académicos arrojará luz sobre la crisis en las políticas estadounidenses que han llevado al desplazamiento y demonización de los migrantes. Esta transmisión en vivo es una coproducción de la National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) y el Othering & Belonging Institute (OBI).
PANELISTAS
- Angélica Salas, Directora Ejecutiva de la Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
- Alma Maquitico, Codirectora de la National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
- Nana Gyamfi, Directora Ejecutiva de la Black Alliance for Just Immigration
- Isabel García, Fundadora de la Coalición de Derechos Humanos
Moderado por: Elsadig Elsheikh, Director del Global Justice Program, Othering & Belonging Institute
ACERCA DE LA SERIE
Un movimiento encabezado por la población negra que demanda justicia y hacer responsable a la policía ha galvanizado el enojo, dolor y frustración causados por los reiterados asesinatos de mujeres y hombres negros, tanto históricamente como en el presente, pero también la esperanza de que un futuro enraizado en un verdadero sentimiento de pertenencia es posible. “Rise Up For Justice: Black Lives and Our Collective Future” (Levantémonos por la justicia: las vidas negras y nuestro futuro colectivo) es una serie de transmisiones en vivo que está realizando el Othering & Belonging Institute de la UC Berkeley. Estas transmisiones buscan generar un espacio para conversaciones de vanguardia entre activistas, académicos, periodistas y otros líderes de opinión a fin de brindar contexto y análisis sobre este momento de transformación y visualizar lo que sigue para el movimiento por la justicia racial. Encuentra la lista de reproducción de los programas pasados aquí.