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• ↓ Decades of US policies in Guatemala are why people like Mario David Coronado Juarez end up in this country
• ↓ A response to Mayor LaGrand’s statement on the death of Mario David Coronado Juarez
• ↓ The Guatemalan community showed up last night to mourn the loss of Mario David Coronado Juarez and to demand justice in Grand Rapids
• ↓ What do you do when people who are ignorant, uninformed and hateful respond to an announcement about a vigil for someone who died because of ICE?
• ↓ History of US Immigration Policy: Summary of GRIID Class week #1
• ↓ Top Alternatives to griid.org

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"For anyone reading the GRIID blog it is clear that I spent a fair amount of time writing about the terrorism perpetrated by ICE, immigrants that are affected by ICE repression and what we can collectively do about it."

"One question that rarely comes up in our conversations about undocumented immigrants is, What are the reasons for them coming to this country, especially with the risk of not coming with papers?"

"The bulk of undocumented immigrants that are crossing into the US every year are primarily Mexican, Central America and to a lesser degree, people from various Caribbean countries. Immigrants from the countries listed are coming to the US because of decades-long political violence, drug cartels, state repression, debilitating poverty that has been driven by de-valuing national currency, the displacement of people living off the land, and lastly, because of the growing ecological and social consequences of Climate Change."

"Equally important is for us to ask the question – What has been the relationship of the US to the countries that undocumented immigrants originate from? This, along with the first question, is rarely about of the political discourse coming from elected officials and it is almost never part of the reporting that is done by commercial media."

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Decades of US policies in Guatemala are why people like Mario David Coronado Juarez end up in this country

A response to Mayor LaGrand’s statement on the death of Mario David Coronado Juarez

The Guatemalan community showed up last night to mourn the loss of Mario David Coronado Juarez and to demand justice in Grand Rapids

What do you do when people who are ignorant, uninformed and hateful respond to an announcement about a vigil for someone who died because of ICE?

History of US Immigration Policy: Summary of GRIID Class week #1