People Helping People: humanitarian aid for immigrants and ending border checkpoints

Produced by: 
KBOO
Air date: 
Mon, 04/14/2014 - 12:00am
Jan Haaken talks with Sophie Smith of People Helping People about our militarized borders.
Jan Haaken interviews Sophie Smith about the risks immigrants face crossing the border with Mexico and how people in Arivaca, Arizona are fighting back against the militarization of the border with the help of People Helping People.

Sophie describes how southern borderlands of Arizona have been militarized by immigration policy. She explains how the concept of "borderlands" help to humanize an otherwise weaponized notion of "the border". She reveals what happens at rural checkpoints, how they create a situation where people are forced to walk miles through the desert, but also how they increase surveillance for American communities and prefigure a creeping police state that we must fight against. You can go to the People Helping People branch of Arivaca's website to find out more about how you can support their struggle.

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