Out of all the Chapters we have read this far in class, I found chapter 12 to be one of the most interesting precisely because immigration from mexico and the racist treatment they receive once they arrive is till a hot button issue in our politics today. And it is also something that I have seen effect the lives of people that I consider to be family. Also it is a racism I saw for myself when I went on a road trip two summers ago and had to drive through Arizona. Arizona has border patrols where there are no borders and has the most stringent of immigration laws of all the states in the country. When looking through the New York Times for another class I found this article written in August of this year about the effect the horrible laws in Arizona are effecting people and what certain individuals have decided to do about it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/us/demonstration-at-arizona-border-divides-supporters-of-immigration-overhaul.html?_r=0
The article you posted is about the Dream 9. They were detained in Eloy, AZ which was shutdown in yesterday's action: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/14/eloy-detention-center-protest_n_4099063.html
ReplyDeleteAnyways, I remember how divisive the action was of the Dream 9. Some oranizations, allies, and advocates thought it was a terrible idea but most undocumented immigrant youth supported them. My facebook feed was blowing up all summer about this action.