Event Title
Mexican Asylum Cases in the United States: Corruption and Despotism
Description
Attorney Carlos Spector will examine generally how extortions, kidnappings, and human rights violations in Mexico by authorized crime displaces Mexican
citizens resulting in their fleeing to the United States in search of political asylum. He will also discuss how the U.S. asylum legal framework tends to reinforce the
widespread misconception that such crimes do not occur and that the Mexican government is able and willing to control said organized crime. Additionally,
it will be argued that the 90% denial rate of Mexican asylum claims is rooted in the history of U.S. asylum law, foreign policy, and fluid domestic considerations.
The presentation will focus upon the experience of Mexican asylum seekers in the El Paso, Texas area from 2008-2017.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
22-5-2019 12:00 PM
End Date
22-5-2019 1:20 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Duration
1:11:39
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Mexicans--Refugees; Asylum, Right of--United States; Political refugees--United States; Emigration and immigration--Moral and ethical aspects; United States--Foreign relations--Mexico; Mexico--Foreign relations--United States
Geographic Coverage
El Paso County (Tex.); Mexico; United States
Type
Moving Image
Keywords
Mexican asylum, Authorized crime, Organized crime
Rights
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Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Mexican Asylum Cases in the United States: Corruption and Despotism
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Attorney Carlos Spector will examine generally how extortions, kidnappings, and human rights violations in Mexico by authorized crime displaces Mexican
citizens resulting in their fleeing to the United States in search of political asylum. He will also discuss how the U.S. asylum legal framework tends to reinforce the
widespread misconception that such crimes do not occur and that the Mexican government is able and willing to control said organized crime. Additionally,
it will be argued that the 90% denial rate of Mexican asylum claims is rooted in the history of U.S. asylum law, foreign policy, and fluid domestic considerations.
The presentation will focus upon the experience of Mexican asylum seekers in the El Paso, Texas area from 2008-2017.
