FRIDAY, APRIL 2
PROGRAM # 9215 12:00 PM PST
Mexico Edition.
An international human rights lawyer and advocate on issues of migration, refugees and gender comments on the death of Victoria Salazar, a Salvadoran migrant living in Mexico with a humanitarian visa and killed by police agents in the state of Quintana Roo. She provides her perspective on ongoing practices of gender violence, racial discrimination and anti-immigrant hatred around Mexico. In addition, the consular registration card offered by Mexican consulates has been approved as official identification in the state of Arizona. A top Mexican diplomat in that Southwestern state talks about what this means for Mexican emigres who struggle to navigate the system.
Guests: Helena Olea, Associate Director of Program, Alianza Americas, Chicago, IL; Jorge Mendoza Yescas, Mexican Consul, Phoenix, Arizona.
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