Considering the time period described in the readings, in what ways has the treatment of undocumented immigrants and asylum seekers violated their human rights and their rights to social, economic and environmental justice? In your response, provide two examples from the readings in Week 3, using a different source for each example. Be specific in explaining your examples. After each example, explain what human rights or principles of social, economic, or environmental justice have been violated, drawing from documents such as the UDHR, the definition of social justice, and the principles of environmental justice.
READINGS
Castaneda & Zuniga, “Racism: Introduction”
Tatum, “Can We Talk?”
Madrid, “Missing People and Others”
NPR, “A decade of watching Black people die”
Global Oneness Project trailer (video)
AIC, “Asylum in the United States”
Overview of immigration articles in Week 3 (Faver notes)
UNHCR, “Children on the Run” (executive summary)
Goldstein & Cai, “What Do Migrants Experience When They Request Asylum at the Texas-Mexico Border?”
Platoff et al., “While Migrant Families Seek Shelter from Violence”
Ducharme, “Separating Kids from Parents”
Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law (weblink)
PBS Newshour, “How the Trump administration is leveraging Covid-19 to tighten immigration”
AIC, “Rising border encounters in 2021”
USDHHS, “National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care”
Cook, “Sliced and Diced: The Labor You Eat”
“25 Painfully Disturbing Facts about Human Trafficking” (video)
