ITT Sound Off: Root Causes of Migration
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2021
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Maria and Julio unpack Vice President Kamala Harris’ visits to Guatemala and Mexico, and give the historical context behind her speech on immigration. We hear from Oscar Chacón, executive director of Alianza Americas, about the U.S.’ involvement in Central America. They also talk about two incidents at high school graduation ceremonies where students were reprimanded for expressing their Mexican heritage. ITT Staff Picks: - This article from El Faro English explains how Vice President Kamala Harris’ message to migrants “triggered a backlash among human rights defenders and Central America experts.” - Sandra Cuffe writes that Vice President Kamala Harris’ pledge “to tackle corruption as a root cause of U.S.-bound migration” offered little optimism, via The Intercept. - Latino Rebels reports a missing angle regarding Ever López’s graduation story: how “the ugly side of seeing Latinos going after Latinos was front and center.” Photo credit: AP Photo/Oliver de Ros
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| 0:00.0 | Hey dear listener, a quick favor. |
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| 0:22.8 | Gracias. |
| 0:24.8 | Welcome to The Thick, I'm Maria Inohosa. |
| 0:36.3 | And I'm Julio Ricallo-Varela. |
| 0:38.4 | And it's Friday Maria. |
| 0:39.6 | You know what I mean? |
| 0:40.6 | I did this on love, love, love, love. |
| 0:43.4 | I did this on love. |
| 0:44.6 | I did this on love. |
| 0:47.5 | It's Friday y'all. |
| 0:48.5 | Let's get to our first topic, which is an update on immigration. |
| 0:52.2 | Because we are not stopping, we are not stopping. |
| 0:55.2 | So it was a tough week, y'all know it was hard. |
| 0:58.9 | I was kind of showing my feelings on my social media. |
| 1:02.3 | Vice President Kamala Harris visited Guatemala and Mexico earlier this week, making it her |
| 1:06.8 | first international visit as vice president. |
| 1:10.3 | This past Monday, she met with Guatemala president Alejandro Yamate and spoke during a press |
| 1:16.0 | conference in Guatemala City, the capital. |
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