ImmigrationProf Blog: Article: The Unspoken Voices of Indigenous Women in Immigration Raids

4.2.11

ImmigrationProf Blog: Article: The Unspoken Voices of Indigenous Women in Immigration Raids: "'The Unspoken Voices of Indigenous Women in Immigration Raids' University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 133 KARLA MARI MCKANDERS, University of Tennessee College of Law. This article reviews a topic that often is not attended to in the analysis of the onslaught of immigration raids by teh federal government -- that indegeneous immigrant women are disparately affected. ABSTRACT: The voices of the most vulnerable populations often point towards social constructs in dire need of systemic change. The treatment of immigrant women in workplace raids exemplifies this concept. Over the last couple of years, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, has executed several workplace raids to deport undocumented immigrants who are unauthorized to work in this country. When discussing workplace raids, most news articles focus on the mass deportation of men, this paper will take a different perspective, and examine indigenous immigrant Guatemalan women’s stories in migrating to the United States, seeking employment with large factories, and their interactions with the immigration system."