by Elket Rodriguez | Feb 11, 2026 | Opinion
Estamo’ aquí. (We are here.) That phrase is not only a geographic affirmation. It is a spiritual declaration. It is memory. It is resistance without violence. It is life refusing to disappear. We are here… even though attempts were made to erase us. There were voices...
by Elket Rodriguez | Jan 7, 2022 | Opinion
Immigrants are particularly vulnerable to human trafficking. It is common for undocumented immigrants to be exploited in the U.S. Likewise, it is common for asylum seekers to be kidnapped, sexually abused and occupationally exploited on their journey to the...
by Elket Rodriguez | Dec 15, 2021 | Opinion
We are talking about human lives. Because it is so easy to lose ourselves in the intricacies of immigration policy, we sometimes forget that. And that is what the Biden administration forgot when it restarted the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). In August 2019, I...
by Elket Rodriguez | Jun 22, 2020 | Opinion
The English version of this article is available here. Los beneficiarios de DACA pueden dormir bien en las noches, por el momento. Ese es el mensaje que parece resumir la decisión de la Corte Suprema del 18 de junio, que impide la deportación inmediata de alrededor de...
by Elket Rodriguez | Jun 22, 2020 | Opinion
La versión en español está disponible aquí. DACA recipients can sleep well at night – for now. That seems to sum up the Supreme Court’s June 18 decision, which prevents immediate deportation of about 700,000 residents who came to the United States as children. The...
