US Border Shutdown and Deportation Flights Leads to Humanitarian Crisis in Panama
Quixote Center is Anti-Racist
Quixote Center is an anti-racist organization. The history of racism, systematic oppression and exploitation of people of color began with the origins of this country and continues with devastating effects today among communities of color. These include pervasive anti-Blackness as a hallmark of living in the United States, and the notion that making America great includes expelling immigrants of color. We believe that efforts toward diversity, equity and inclusion are what is making our country great.
Updates on Migration
The news cycle has been spinning out of control since January 20. The shock and awe tactic intends to destabilize and demoralize the opposition. Here we focus on the barrage of Executive Orders (EO) signed by our new President that affect migrants in the United States and abroad. We assess the impact they are having and what we can do to better protect our friends and neighbors who fear being deported.
USAID Reflections
It’s complicated, to say the least.
Our new President claims that a “bunch of radical lunatics” run USAID. His preposterously wealthy sidekick calls it a criminal organization and said it was “time for it to die.”(i) They have not presented evidence.
Quixote Center Statement on Actions of the New Administration
Stay strong. It will be a tough few years.
We reaffirm our commitment to support and promote the rights and dignity of people on the move, as well as migrants already seeking a new life in our country. We reaffirm the humanity and dignity of LGBTQ persons and offer our love. We stand behind Bishop Budde’s plea for compassion and mercy toward the most vulnerable.
Social and Economic Recovery in Gouin, Haiti
The liberation of our continent means more than overcoming economic, social, and political dependence. It means, in a deeper sense, to see the becoming of humankind as a process of human emancipation in history. It is to see humanity in search of a qualitatively different society in which it will be free from all servitude, in which it will be the artisan of its own destiny. It is to seek the building up of a new humanity… Gustavo Gutierrez
Updates from Haiti
With all that’s going on in the past few weeks, you may have missed the news from Haiti. Criminal gangs shot at a couple of airliners flying into and out of Haiti, injuring at least one person and leading the FAA to ban U.S. airlines from flying into Haiti for 30 days.
The Great Local Mango Save
This report comes from Sr. Pat Dillon, RJM, a Quixote Center partner in Gros Morne, Haiti.
Changing the Narrative on Immigration
There is so much fear mongering and scapegoating during this election year. Recently Quixote Center had to remove a social media post on migration because there was too much hate and anger toward migrants expressed in the comments. It is worthwhile to take a step back and reflect on where each of us stand on immigration. No matter what our background or personal connection to this sensitive issue is, we all have an opinion. But where does our knowledge come from? That is, how do you know what you know?
Support Bills to Stop Arms Trafficking
The Quixote Center encourages you to take action supporting efforts to stop arms trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean. There are currently four bills introduced in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives and we are also reaching out to the White House to recommend executive action on this issue.
Stop criminalizing migration through the Darién
The signed agreement between the U.S. and Panama committing $6 million from the United States to deport migrants trying to cross the Darien rainforest is a disgrace. Instead of solving anything, this money violates the basic human rights of people fleeing conflict-ridden zones to seek asylum and a better future up North.