Join the Southwest Center and Amerind Foundation on Friday, April 30th for a discussion about deterrence policies along the US-Mexico border and their impact on the most basic of all social units: the human body.
The Border and Its Bodies will examine the decades-long humanitarian crisis along the U.S.-México border by focusing on that most basic of all social units: the human body. When the U.S. government launched Operation Gatekeeper in 1994, the policy of “prevention through deterrence” clamped down on undocumented migrants crossing the border through urban centers like San Diego, Nogales, and El Paso. Rather than deterring migrants, however, Operation Gatekeeper forced hundreds of thousands of people from Mexico and Central America to brave the mountains and deserts of the Southwest, where thousands perished from exposure or dehydration.
Moderated by Dr. Thomas Sheridan, Southwest Center, UA
Presentations by
- Dr. Rebecca Crocker, School of Public Health, UA
- Vicki Gaubeca, Director, Southern Border Communities Coalition
- Dr. Linda Green, School of Anthropology, UA
- Dr. Robin Reineke, Southwest Center, UA and Co-Founder of the Colibrí Center for Human Rights
Learn more about the event and presentations here.
