Host Sammy Ross and guest Alex Alpharaoh dive into the topic of Immigration. Immigration is part of the founding of this country, and on this episode we will be discussing the land of the “melting pot,” why immigration is currently such a hot-button issue, and how we can create more empathy for those looking for a better life in “the land of the free.”
For Bonus content where Alex Alpharaoh further discusses DACA, growing up undocumented, as well as a bit about his autobiographical one man show “WET: A DACAmented Journey,” please visit: https://www.patreon.com/ThisisNotaHandout
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Resources:
For a full timeline of the United States Immigration History: https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/immigration-united-states-timeline
For more on the Holocaust, and America’s Anti-Immigration Policy: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/27/14412082/refugees-history-holocaust
For more on the current administration refugee policy cuts: https://www.npr.org/2018/12/27/680308538/2018-was-a-year-of-drastic-cuts-to-u-s-refugee-admissions
For more on gangs and their history in both North and South America: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/cfr/international/20050501faessay84310_arana.html
For a more in-depth timeline of US intervention in Latin American Politics: https://apnews.com/2ded14659982426c9b2552827734be83
For more on Operation Wetback: https://www.history.com/news/operation-wetback-eisenhower-1954-deportation
For an explanation on NAFTA: https://www.inc.com/encyclopedia/north-american-free-trade-agreement-nafta.html#:~:text=The%20North%20American%20Free%20Trade,%3B%20NAFTA%20broadened%20that%20arrangement
For a look into an in-depth Chiquita Banana history think-piece: https://medium.com/@FeunFooPermaKra/the-red-on-yellow-chiquitas-banana-colonialism-in-latin-america-1ca178af7616
For more on Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Rigoberta Menchú: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1992/tum/biographical/
For more on how the United States immigration system works: https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/how-united-states-immigration-system-works
For more on the cost to file to immigrate to the United States: https://myrawealth.com/insights/financial-planning-for-the-costs-of-immigrating-to-the-us#:~:text=Becoming%20a%20U.S.%20permanent%20resident,somewhere%20between%20%244%2C000%20and%20%2411%2C300
For more on the Green Card Lottery: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/021116/how-green-card-lottery-really-works.asf
For more on the Syrian refugee crisis: https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/the-us-has-slashed-its-refugee-intake-syrians-fleeing-war-are-most-affected/2019/05/07/f764e57c-678f-11e9-a1b6-b29b90efa879_story.html
For more information on DACA and Dreamers: https://www.adl.org/education/resources/tools-and-strategies/table-talk/what-is-daca-and-who-are-the-dreamers
For more on DACA application requirements: https://www.uscis.gov/archive/consideration-of-deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca
For an extensive list on the Trump administration’s discriminatory policies: https://civilrights.org/trump-rollbacks/
To learn more about what happened to the homes of Japanese Americans during the time of the Japanese Internment Camps: https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/japanese-american-houses
For more on the “Churro Lady” incident in the New York City subway: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/nyregion/churro-lady-subway-arrest.html
For more on the Trump administration’s new rulings on how to apply for asylum: https://www.npr.org/2019/07/15/741769333/u-s-sets-new-asylum-rule-telling-potential-refugees-to-apply-elsewhere
For more on the Trump Administration proposed asylum fees: https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/press-release/human-rights-first-denounces-new-fees-asylum-united-states
What to do if ICE boards your Greyhound bus: https://www.aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/ice-and-border-patrol-abuses/one-woman-who-knew-her-rights-forced-border