Daily Dispatch 10/17/18
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
October 17, 2018
Top Story
Quixote Center recognizes migration as a fundamental human right under international law. In the United States, migrants strengthen our economy, enrich our culture, and strengthen our social fabric.
Quixote Center’s principal international partnership is with the Red Franciscana para Migrantes (RFM - Franciscan Network for Migrants). RFM connects Franciscan-run shelters and other humanitarian assistance programs for migrants who are making the dangerous trek through Mexico, Central America, and South America. We support RFM by
- Serving as the fiscal sponsor for RFM within the United States and coordinating advocacy efforts with their staff.
- Providing on-going financial support to RFM programs in Panama, a particularly strategic and difficult migrant crossing point.
- Offering capacity-strengthening funding to RFM teams, so far supporting teams in Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico.
Quixote Center and RFM organize Solidarity Trips since 2022 as part of our advocacy and education mission, bringing U.S. based migrant justice activists and other professionals to Southern Mexico and Panama to see firsthand how the U.S. immigration impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing their homelands to seek a new life, in the United States or elsewhere.
View our Between Borders video series HERE.
Find out more about our Solidarity Travel Program HERE.
Partners
Partners
RFM - Red Franciscana para Migrantes (Franciscan Network for Migrants)
The Franciscan Network for Migrants (RFM) is a network of individuals and service centers across the Americas that, inspired by Franciscan spirituality, reach out to migrants to support, promote, protect, and defend their rights in their respective countries of origin, transit, and destination.
Resources
Resources
Statements from our partners
Read the Red Clamor statement February 2025 in English HERE y en Español AQUI.
Read the Red Clamor Panama statement February 2025 HERE y en Español AQUI.
Read January 21st, 2025 Joint Statement with our partners at the Franciscan Network on Migration here
Read November 22nd, 2024 statement from the https://redfranciscana.org/en/Franciscan Network on Migration's National Assembly in Mexico here.
Reports from Solidarity Trips
Participants from our March 2025 trip to Panama hosted a webinar titled Stranded and Forgotten. You can listen to it HERE.
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.
Location of Shelters in the Franciscan Network on Migration
Location of Shelters in the Franciscan Network on Migration
Daily Dispatch 10/16/18
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
October 16, 2018
Democratic Process:
55 days left to post your comments on the proposed “public charge” rule that doctors say pose public health threats.
Daily Dispatch 10/15/18
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
October 15, 2018
Democratic Process:
56 days left to post your comments on the proposed “public charge” rule that doctors say pose public health threats.
Daily Dispatch 10/12/18
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
October 12, 2018
Top Story:
The gruesome story of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder and dismemberment inside a diplomatic facility will not impact lucrative U.S.-Saudi arms deals because the reporter was an immigrant with permanent residence and not a US citizen.
Daily Dispatch 10/10/18
A sampling of today’s headlines on immigration, race, and related stories.
October 10, 2018
“Zero tolerance” is costing the government so much money that they’ve even started diverting funds from Trump’s border wall to pay for it.
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:
Daily Dispatch 10/8/18
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:
Daily Dispatch 9/20/18
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.
Daily Dispatch 9/19/18
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.
Daily Dispatch 9/18/18
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.
“Constitution and Citizenship Day" in the Dystopia of 2018
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.