teleSUR English | 12/17/2016
Donald Trump’s much-repeated campaign slogan to “Build the Wall” on the U.S.-Mexico border has woken up many on the left to a reality that immigrants have faced since the late 1980’s. Whether his presidency represents a comprehensive break with previous administrations is up for debate, so in light of International Migrants Day, teleSUR spoke with three leading voices on immigrants’ rights who have dedicated their careers to working on the ground with those who have experienced the darkest side of immigration policy.
In conversation are:
Nora Phillips, an immigration attorney with Urias & Phillips, LLC, who advises lawyers, the Los Angeles Public Defender and the Los Angeles Police Department on U Nonimmigrant Status (U Visa) and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and is the legal director of Al Otro Lado, which helps deportees, refugees and migrants in Tijuana
Christian Ramirez, director of the Southern Border Communities Coalition, human rights director of Alliance San Diego for community empowerment and an expert on border enforcement
Dr. Alfonso Gonzales, associate professor in Ethnic Studies at the University of California Riverside, specializing in Latino politics and migration, and author of “Reform without Justice: Latino Migrant Politics and the Homeland Security State.”
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Naomi Cohen | journalist 