Monthly Archives: July 2014

By Linda S. Blanshay Director, Program Development, Museum of Tolerance This 2014, each of the participating sites in the National Dialogues on Immigration project will be contributing to our blog post series, “Immigration: Our Stories.”  I’m an immigrant—a white one from Canada. When I tell this to people in California they find it interesting or quaint. With that kind of reaction it’s easy for me to discuss my native land: the cold, the healthcare system, or a favorite singer that …
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Listen to differing political views on how to handle the unaccompanied children arriving at the US borders in this NPR report, “To Cope With Child Immigrants, Competing Plans Emerge From Congress” here. In immigration in the news this week: Obama Eyes Major Immigration Move via Time Americans’ Immigration Concerns Jump, as Economic Worries Decline via The Wall Street Journal American-Born Gangs Helping Drive Immigrant Crisis at U.S. Border via National Geopgraphic With Surge in Child Migrants, New York Forms Task Force on Aiding …
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In immigration in the news this week: Immigration Advocate, Detained on Texas Border, Is Released in Visa Case via The New York Times 57,000 Reasons Immigration Overhaul May Be Stalled for Now via The New York Times Why Our Immigration Courts Can’t Handle the Child Migrant Crisis via Mother Jones The Children of the Drug Wars, A Refugee Crisis, Not an Immigration Crisis via The New York Times Patrick, Van de Putte Hone Their Immigration Messages via The Texas Tribune Public attitudes toward immigration: Research review …
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By Barbara Lau, Pauli Murray Project at the Duke Human Rights Center/Franklin Humanities Institute This 2014, each of the participating sites in the National Dialogues on Immigration project will be contributing to our blog post series, “Immigration: Our Stories.”  “The costly lesson of American history,” Pauli Murray wrote, “is that human rights are indivisible. They cannot be affirmed for one social group and ignored in the case of another without tragic consequences.” Fifty years ago Murray was arguing for the inclusion …
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Children are crossing the borders as unaccompanied minors in unprecedented numbers: “But once they get here, what happens? Do they just get to stay, as the president’s critics charge?”  Listen here to the NPR report, “Influx Of Children Creates New Strain On Beleaguered Immigration Courts” In immigration in the news: Protesters of undocumented immigrants vow to block new arrivals via Los Angeles Times When is a little kid a ‘detainee’? When he’s an immigrant, and the AP says so via The Huffington …
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Is the new wave of unaccompanied children crossing the US border from Central America interfering with comprehensive immigration reform or demonstrating poor border security? “Bob Ortega, senior reporter for The Arizona Republic, talks about his reporting from both sides of the border on why the kids say they want to come to the US, and the message in their home countries about the dangerous journey.”  Listen here to the WNYC report, “What Unaccompanied Minors Mean for Immigration Reform” In immigration …
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By Lisa Falk, Director of Community Engagement and Partnerships, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona This 2014, each of the participating sites in the National Dialogues on Immigration project will be contributing to our blog post series, “Immigration: Our Stories.”  Living in the Southwest, immigration is a constant presence in our lives. La frontera, meaning “the border” in Spanish, is a mere 70 miles from the University of Arizona campus where the Arizona State Museum is located. The museum focuses on the anthropology of …
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