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The Dark Truth Behind Migration through a Father’s Quest for Justice

May 25 2023
The story of Jorge Velasquez’s quest for justice for the murder of his daughter and the stories of other women seeking help or safe haven from crime and terror simultaneously transcend the individual and teach us all something about humanity and ourselves.
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Border Activist and Critic Michael Dear’s Top 15 Border Films

Feb 08 2023
By Michael Dear, author of Border Witness: Reimagining the US-Mexico Borderlands through FilmOver the past two decades, there has been an explosion of film releases about the US-Mexico borderlands. Not surprisingly, many have addressed issues of drug trafficking and cartels as well as immigr
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Surveillance and Resistance in the Borderlands

Feb 03 2022
By Ana Muñiz, author of Borderland Circuitry: Immigration Surveillance in the United States and BeyondThe passage below is an adapted excerpt from Borderland Circuitry.I’ve loved the land for as long as I can remember. I grew up in the Sonoran Desert of Southern Arizona, a stunning place kni
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Q&A with Laura Enriquez: on the Intimate Impact of Immigration Policy

Aug 03 2021
This interview was originally published on the UCI School of Social Sciences site by Heather Ashbach, and is reposted here with permission. Award-winning Author Laura EnriquezImmigration policy is fundamentally reshaping Latino families and perpetuating inequality, says UCI Chicano/Latino st
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Author Spotlight: Q&A with Terry Greene Sterling and Jude Joffe-Block, authors of Driving While Brown

Apr 20 2021
Terry Greene Sterling and Jude Joffe-Block have a combined total of twenty years of on-the-ground reporting of Arizona’s painful immigration battles. Both authors covered the landmark Melendres racial profiling lawsuit against Sherrif Arpaio and subsequent legal troubles for the sheriff, in addition
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