A Closer Look at Immigration

By: Nathalia Trujillo

La Casita (Casita Refugiados)

•  Community building •  Semana Intercultural •  Peace Education

•  Integration

Cafemin

•  Refugee center for Women and children •  Centers are coming under attack by Maras and crime groups •  Special Workshops

Casa Tochan

•  Migrant Shelter •  Tochan’s 1st anniversary Celebration

•  Police raids on shelters •  Underfunded

•  A place away from home

Casa Tochan

Discrimination Against Immigrants

•  The perils of crossing the border o  La Bestia o  Border between Guatemala and Mexico

•  Afro-Colombians discriminated in Mexico because of the color of their skin •  Violence in Central America (Maras)

o  Leads to a large influx of Central American Migrants coming to Mexico

o  Predominantly teenage and young men