The History Behind the Border Crisis
Michelle García, journalist and writer, and Monica Muñoz Martinez, Stanley J. Bernstein assistant professor of American Studies & Ethnic Studies at Brown University and author of the forthcoming book, The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas (Harvard University Press, September, 2018), discuss the history behind the current crisis at the border.
"Today we’re talking about cartel members and gangsters, 100 years ago any Mexican was assumed to be a bandit or a revolutionary. That kind of criminalizing people leads to violence, when the public buys into that sentiment it creates a culture of impunity," says @MonicaMnzMtz.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 12, 2018
"For decades centers… have been calling attention to the thousands of people that are dying trying to cross the border... and that is because of deterrence policy that was implemented into the '90s. But it took children crying in cages to raise awareness," says @MonicaMnzMtz
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) July 12, 2018
