A few weeks ago, Cynthia and I took a week-long trip to
visit the US-Mexico border. We started in El Paso, Texas (which borders with
Juarez, Mexico), visited Nogales, Mexico and ended in Tucson, Arizona. Below is a map
of the route we followed. It was an
amazing trip – we participated in a border patrol ride-along in El Paso,
visited nonprofit organizations in Juarez and Nogales that worked with migrant communities,
walked on a migrant trail in the Sonora desert near Tucson, and saw a naturalization ceremony.
The goal of the trip was to get a real
sense of the migrant experience, to witness the militarization of the border,
and to better understand the humanitarian crisis taking along the southern US
border. We will write a few blog posts
in the next few weeks that document different aspects of our trip as they
relate to themes in the textbook. One of
our colleagues on the trip created a storify of our trip,
which you can find here.
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