Daily Dispatch 10/9/18
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
October 9, 2018
Breaking:
Nikki Haley resigns position as UN Ambassador. Reason behind the decision yet unknown.
ICE:
Quixote Center recognizes migration as a fundamental human right that also benefits the communities that receive them. Beyond their economic contribution, the integration of people from all over the world enriches the cultural diversity and strengthens the social fabric of the United States, a nation built by migrants for migrants.
The Quixote Center’s principal international partnership is with the Franciscan Network for Migrants (FNM). The Franciscan Network for Migrants is an effort to connect shelters run by Franciscan orders which provide humanitarian assistance to migrants who are traveling through Mexico, Central and South America. We serve as the fiscal sponsor for the Franciscan Network for Migrants within the United States, and coordinate advocacy efforts with their staff.
Quixote Center and FNM organize Solidarity Trips every six months since 2022 as part of our advocacy, bringing U.S. based migrant justice professionals to Southern Mexico and Panama to see firsthand how the U.S. border externalization policies impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of people trying to seek refuge in the United States.
Find out more about our Solidarity Travel Program HERE.
As a result of our 2024 Solidarity Trip to Panama, we are currently working with the FNM Panama team on a Training of Trainers program to equip volunteers to provide spiritual accompaniment and observe that the human rights of migrants are respected in the Darien where FNM has established a permanent presence in the community of Bajo Chiquito.
Participants from the March 2024 trip wrote the report: Danger in the Darién Gap: Human RIghts Abuses and the Need for Human Pathways to Safety to denounce US efforts to further externalize US border to Panama.
The Quixote Center launched the Migrant Justice program in 2018 to demand justice for migrants at the US border, within the United States and throughout their journey. We worked to end immigrant detention, and defended the right to asylum, which has been eroded over the last several years. We also partnered with organizations who work with migrants in the United States and in Latin America, organizing webinars and publishing reports.
In 2022 we launched a solidarity travel program that brings advocates from the United States to visit with shelters and meal programs serving migrant populations in southern Mexico and in Panama. These trips take place every six months and allow migrant justice professionals to witness the migratory path, meet with human rights defenders and the people migrating north or being deported south because of US border externalization policies.
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
October 9, 2018
Breaking:
Nikki Haley resigns position as UN Ambassador. Reason behind the decision yet unknown.
ICE:
Dear Loyal Readers,
You’ve surely been wondering about the radio silence not emanating from the Quixote Center over the past couple of weeks.
Well, don’t worry.
We weren’t raptured, we were just switching web hosts.
Our site was down for a bit, but we’re back up and running now – so… time to get back to business.
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
October 8, 2018
The Courts:
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
September 20, 2018
Florence:
Evacuation and transfer of ICE detainees in Florence’s path amplify dehumanizing treatment.
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
September 19, 2018
Déjà vu:
1,500 kids lost – AGAIN! Out of the 11,254 unaccompanied migrant children that HHS has placed with sponsors in 2018, investigators reveal that HHS “could not determine with certainty the whereabouts of 1,488.” Similarly, HHS lost track of 1,457 of kids it placed in 2017.
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
September 18, 2018
Making America White Again:
Miller Trumps Pompeo: Drastic cuts to refugee program – lowering cap from 110,000 to 50,000 to 45,000 and now to 30,000 – a priority of Miller’s Make America White Again agenda, despite pushback from Pompeo and the Pentagon.
Happy “Constitution and Citizenship Day”!
Over the past 606 days, Trump and his appointees have waged a relentless campaign of psychological warfare on refugees and immigrants of every stripe and status. In the process, the administration has violated international human rights laws, basic norms of human decency, and the Constitution – the very document that the President has sworn an oath to defend.
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A series in which we (aspire to) offer a sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
September 17, 2018
ICYMI:
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A series in which we (aspire to) offer a sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
Special Weekend Comedy Edition
September 16, 2018
Because the "headlines on immigration, race, and related stories" that we cover are almost invariably bad news, we thought our loyal readers could use a bit of comic relief.
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A series in which we (aspire to) offer a sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
September 14, 2018
Update:
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A series in which we (aspire to) offer a sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
September 13, 2018
Visit from Aunt Flo: