Excerpt from “Voices of the Border” edited by Tobin Hansen and Maria Engracia Robles Robles, ME  Purchase your copy today : Voices of the Border | Georgetown University Press Ana Carolina I’m Ana Carolina, from Guatemala City. I’m thirty-nine. I only finished sixth grade. At age fifteen I moved in with a guy, and I had seven kids: three boys, four girls. Except for the ones who have been murdered, it’s the same kids I have with me here. My oldest daughter is twenty and the youngest is … [Read more...]

              For many migrants, the mistreatment they have suffered along their journey is too painful to tell, much less relive. When preparing for actions such as, the #SaveAsylum protests, migrants offer to share their testimonios for advocacy purposes. Migrant organizers support one another by stepping in as spokespeople to represent those who feel too vulnerable to share on their own behalf. This is a powerful example of migrants … [Read more...]

On Thursday, October 21, 2021, Lisandro*, one of the migrant organizers for the #SaveAsylum Coalition, spoke to members of congress and reporters on the Hill about the racist implications of Title 42 in a press briefing organized by NETWORK lobby. He spoke on a panel alongside prominent advocates in the field such as: Diana Kearney, Oxfam; Guerline Jozef, Haitian Bridge Alliance; Breanne Palmer, #UndocuBlackNetwork; Kennji Kizuka, Human Rights First; and KBI's Director of Education and Advocacy, … [Read more...]

Director of Communications, Gia Del Pino, sat down with four of the migrant leaders leading the charge for "Restore Protections for Holy Families: Prophetic Action to #SaveAsylum" march taking place September 25th, 2021.  Excerpts from the interview below. All names have been changed. Aurora: My name is Aurora. I come from the state of Guerrero. I am a housewife. I arrived in Nogales on July 28th. Carlos: Good morning my name is Carlos. I am originally from Cuernavaca, Morelos. Right now I … [Read more...]