The Root Causes of Migration as part of the 2023 CSJ Center Symposium
The Root Causes of Migration: How have U.S. foreign and economic policies contributed to spiraling poverty and violence, forcing people to flee?
This session will examine the impact of free trade agreements, climate change, and support for authoritarian governments, which have repressed social movements working for change. It will include a focus on Honduras, in which a coup in 2009 led to the corruption of government institutions and militarization of society, propelling mass caravans (or: an exodus of people), and it will offer recommendations for policy change.
-Sr. Kathleen Erickson, Chaplain, Immigration Family Detention Center
-Maria Elena Perales, Director, Justice Center, Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange (Moderator)
-Jean Stokan, Coordinator for Nonviolence and Immigration, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas’ Justice Team