Here are some October articles and videos from various sources to keep you informed about the latest in immigration and border news. Many of the articles document the life-threatening violence which prompts many people to leave their homelands, the threats and risk of death on the journey, and the particular dangers faced by unaccompanied migrant children. An artist and author as well as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops also share their responses to the migrant crisis.
- From The Guardian, a report on the deaths of Central American migrants who have been deported back to their violent homelands: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/12/obama-immigration-deportations-central-america
- From The Guardian, a story of the victimization of border crossers by organized crime in Altar, Mexico: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/14/altar-mexico-how-the-migrant-oasis-for-would-be-border-crossers-became-a-trap
- From the Los Angeles Times, an article about the increasing number of migrant deaths in the Sonoran Desert: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-ff-immigrant-border-deaths-20151021-story.html
- From Insight Crime, an examination of what rising deportations mean for those deported: http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/implications-mexico-rising-deportations
- The New York Times, an article and video covering the migrant crisis through the eyes of children: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/07/world/americas/honduras-el-salvador-guatemala-mexico-us-child-migrants.html?_r=0
- From The Guardian, an article about the increased dangers of crossing the U.S.–Mexico border for unaccompanied minors: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/13/mexico-central-american-migrants-journey-crackdown
- From The Washington Post, “Unaccompanied,” a photo series by Oliver Contreras, documenting the stories of immigrant youth who traveled to the U.S. on their own: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/10/14/they-made-the-long-rough-journey-to-cross-the-u-s-border-alone-here-are-their-faces-and-voices/
- From AJ+, a video of San Francisco-based artist Ana Teresa Fernández’s project at the border wall, “Borrando la frontera/Erasing the Border”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMDCpKRCScI
- From KNME’s New Mexico In Focus, a video of an October 16 interview with Tucson author of The Haunting of the Mexican Border: A Woman’s Journey, Kathryn Ferguson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43w7ae48r8w&list=PL0QUHGaLftJjds2riAT1Op_9QqypD9ow_&index=3
- From the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, an entreaty for the U.S. to compassionately address the growing numbers of migrants fleeing violence: http://www.usccb.org/news/2015/15-145.cfm
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