XENOPHOBIA & ANTI-IMMIGRANT ATTACKS IN THE USA

"YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, THAT NO ONE PUTS THEIR CHILDREN IN A BOAT UNLESS THE WATER IS SAFER THAN THE LAND" - WARSAN SHIRE

Immigration has been a contentious issue in the U.S. for decades. In the past two years alone, we’ve seen new border enforcement actions; national, regional, and hemispheric efforts to create frameworks for migration; and new, unsettling photos of the migration experience. Once here, immigrants face a whole new set of challenges including discrimination, challenges and restrictions on working and going to school. With the recent shift in numbers and demographics at the U.S.-Mexico border with more migrants from Columbia, Cuba, Haiti, Nicragua and Venezuela making the dangerous trek into the United States, we had to get the perspective of Black and Brown immigrants on the complex immigrant experience in the U.S.

Constanza Eliana sat down with guests Stewart Walukaga, Ugandan clinical research coordinator & host of The Success, Peace and Hope Podcast; Marissa Monte, Associate Clinical Law Professor & Director of Loyola Law School’s Immigrant Justice Clinic; Liz Yancy Martinez, LA native, social worker (MSW), & community advocate; and Elizabeth Rodriguez, Immigrant Rights Activist & DACA recipient to discuss xenophobia and anti-immigrant attacks.