LIVE From Mexico: More Than a Passage Route
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2018
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Often Mexico is seen as just a passage route for migrants on their way to the United States, but in this episode, ITT looks at immigration through the eyes of Mexico. This country is becoming a host for migrants and for years has followed the lead of militarized immigration policy of its neighbor to the North. For the LIVE In The Thick from Mexico City, Maria and Julio talk about immigration in Mexico from the Central American migrant caravan to repatriated deportees with Eunice Rendón, coordinator of the Agenda Migrante collective, and Maggie Loredo, co-founder of the deportees organization Otros Dreams en Acción. This episode was mixed by Jeanne Montalvo. ITT Staff Picks
- The reality behind the caravans (from The New Republic).
- Bright Magazine tells the story of deportees back in Mexico and how they are supporting each other.
- A profile of Maggie Loredo, our guest and co-founder of Otros Dreams en Acción (from Lenny).
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| 0:00.0 | We are standing right in the heart of Mexico City where I was born. |
| 0:13.2 | And you know, I'm so... |
| 0:15.4 | Wait, we're not in Harlem? |
| 0:17.1 | No, we're not. |
| 0:18.2 | We're definitely not. |
| 0:19.2 | We're in the place where I was born. |
| 0:20.4 | Wow. |
| 0:21.4 | And you know, every time I come back here, I'm like, oh my God, I love this place, even though I do experience a little bit of like, but you're not from this place. |
| 0:27.0 | But you know Julio, something that's been, that I've been going through while I've been here on this trip if I've been hanging around with a lot of Mexicans |
| 0:36.0 | in the heart of Mexico City and we're speaking English together. |
| 0:40.0 | Wow. And you know why? |
| 0:42.0 | Why? |
| 0:43.0 | Because they have been deported |
| 0:46.0 | and they found their way to Mexico City or they were from here. |
| 0:49.0 | Or because they have voluntarily left because they just for whatever reason to be reunited with family. |
| 0:54.0 | So you know that's pretty cool to be with a bunch of Mexicans in Mexico City speaking English and not |
| 1:01.7 | feeling ashamed. |
| 1:03.1 | That's true and we actually we did some amazing recordings at the Casa, UC California, Mexico City. |
| 1:10.3 | And it's funny you bring up this whole notion of like talking to Mexicans you you've been covering this you've been doing reporting for Latino USA about Mexicans that have come back because of the immigration system and we actually had a conversation about that as to like how is immigration |
| 1:24.8 | being viewed in Mexico not only with Mexicans that have been deported from the |
| 1:28.0 | United States but just in general sort of a bigger topic going on in |
| 1:31.5 | immigration and it was I know that's like up your alley as they say |
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