About DukeEngage Tucson 2010
Immigration is perhaps the single largest domestic challenge facing both the United States and Mexico today. People die nearly every week attempting to cross the border. Hostilities against immigrants in the U.S. rise daily. Local, state, and international relations are increasingly strained.
For eight weeks this summer, seven students have been given the opportunity to travel to Tucson, Arizona and Nogales, Mexico to study the many faces of immigration. Following two weeks of meetings with local activists, a Border Patrol agent, a federal public defender, lawyers, members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, maquiladora owners, Grupos Beta employees, migrants, and local farmers, we will spend six weeks partnered with Southside Day Labor Camp, BorderLinks, or Humane Borders in order to further immerse ourselves in the issues of immigration.
This blog chronicles our experiences and our perspectives on what we learn while here in Arizona. We hope our stories are interesting and informative.
surprisingly enough (and not so surprisingly, actually...), this isn't the only time or place in this country something like this has been attempted. hopefully obama gets some balls soon and actually starts doing something about immigration reform and about jan brewer too...she's out of her mind this lady.
ReplyDeletealso, this might be of interest:
http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/04/rachel_maddow_exposes_racist_origins_of_sb1070.html