Asylum crisis on the southern border
by Kevin Maldonado Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations The U.S-Mexican border may have receded from our news feeds, but the asylum crisis there still rages on. On March 22 Cornell […]
Category Archives: migration
Migrant Caravans: A View from Ground Level
by Margarita Núñez Chaim This article is based on a talk given by at Cornell University on March 22 by Margarita Núñez Chaim, a Ph.D. student at the Centro de […]
Why Christians Should be Compelled to Welcome Immigrants
The following has been excerpted from a talk by Amaury Tañón-Santos, a guest speaker at Cornell University on April 10. The event was called “Welcoming the Stranger,” sponsored by CUSLAR […]
Let Suffering Speak: Reflections on Systemic Crisis
by Steve Pavey The following has been excerpted from a talk by Steve Pavey, a guest speaker at Cornell University on April 10. The event was called “Welcoming the Stranger,” […]
‘When the Law Is Injustice’: CUSLAR Newsletter on migration
by Tim Shenk CUSLAR Coordinator Editor, CUSLAR Newsletter See the full PDF of “When the Law Is Injustice” Summer/Fall 2019 CUSLAR Newsletter. When talking about immigration, people in both major […]
What, to the migrant child, is the Fourth of July?
by Tim W. Shenk CUSLAR Coordinator Tomorrow is the Fourth of July, the holiday where the people of the United States ostensibly celebrate our democracy, our laws, our […]
On the San Diego / Tijuana border: Bearing witness to legislated suffering
by Rev. Benjamin Perry In December, I traveled to the Tijuana/San Diego border with Union Theological Seminary students. We witnessed the deepest cruelty in how humans can treat their neighbors, […]
Where do we draw the line?
by Tim Shenk, editor Thousands of people from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala joined together to walk north toward potential asylum in the United States. “It is easy to blur […]
‘Lines that unite’: CUSLAR highlights borders, climate change, political shifts
See the full PDF of “Lines That Divide, Lines That Unite,” Winter/Spring 2019 CUSLAR Newsletter. Where do we draw the line? by Tim Shenk A hard rain’s a-gonna fall: Climate […]
Who’s funding the militarization of Mexico’s Guatemalan border?
by Melanie Calderon Committee on U.S.-Latin American Relations (CUSLAR) In recent months, a spotlight has been shone on the U.S.-Mexico border as caravans of thousands of Central Americans travel north […]
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