Demanding to Be Seen and Heard: Latino Immigrant Organizing and the Defense of Human Rights in Houston.

Autor: KOVIC, CHRISTINE
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Zdroj: City & Society; Apr2014, Vol. 26 Issue 1, p10-28, 19p
Abstrakt: Latino migrants in Houston mobilize in myriad ways to defend their rights in the current context of increased enforcement and restrictive laws. Through an exploration of the mobilization strategies of Living Hope Wheelchair Association, an organization of Latino migrants with spinal cord injuries, this article considers the ways this organization reframes migration as an issue of human rights and social justice rather than one of criminalization. It explores Living Hope's demands for rights as its members are excluded from the nation and the city based on immigration status, ethnicity, and physical disability as well as the ways the association's claims for rights addresses the profoundly unequal relationships between the United States and Latin American nations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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