Event Title
Border Children — Why Are They Fleeing?: Human Rights and U.S. Policy in Honduras and Central America
Description
Media reports of unaccompanied, undocumented children arriving at the U.S. border from Central America have depicted their flight from gangs and violence. But silence largely reigns regarding the underlying economic and political roots of the crisis, in dangerous governments supported by the United States. Professor Frank looks at human rights and U.S. policy in post-coup Honduras, in particular, as well as dynamics within Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. She will also discuss grassroots efforts across the U.S. and in Congress to affect U.S. policy in Central America.
About the Lecturer: Dana Frank, Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Document Type
Event
Start Date
22-10-2014 12:00 PM
End Date
22-10-2014 1:15 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Immigrant children--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States; Unaccompanied refugee children--United States; Illegal children--Government policy--United States;Transnational crime--United States--Prevention
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Undocumented children, U.S. border
Rights
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Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Border Children — Why Are They Fleeing?: Human Rights and U.S. Policy in Honduras and Central America
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Media reports of unaccompanied, undocumented children arriving at the U.S. border from Central America have depicted their flight from gangs and violence. But silence largely reigns regarding the underlying economic and political roots of the crisis, in dangerous governments supported by the United States. Professor Frank looks at human rights and U.S. policy in post-coup Honduras, in particular, as well as dynamics within Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. She will also discuss grassroots efforts across the U.S. and in Congress to affect U.S. policy in Central America.
About the Lecturer: Dana Frank, Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz
