As debates about immigration roil the national political dialogue in the United States, the CPC Learning Network will host a webinar to discuss the mass exodus of unaccompanied children and families from the Northern Triangle countries of Central America: El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Topics will include country conditions driving continued migration, the dangers encountered while journeying through Mexico, detention practices on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, and challenges to securing protection in the U.S.
The webinar will feature four speakers: Eric Hershberg and Dennis Stinchcomb, of American University's Center for Latin American & Latino Studies (CLALS) and authors of Unaccompanied Migrant Children from Central America: Context, Causes, and Advocacy Responses; law professor Jayesh Rathod, director of the American University Washington College of Law's Immigrant Justice Clinic; and Elissa Steglich, a law professor at the University of Texas Law School and board member of the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights. The webinar will be of particular interest for advocates and others working on behalf of these new arrivals but will also be illuminating for those advocating for children in areas around the world. The webinar will take place Thursday, November 2nd, 2017 at 3pm EDT.
Register for this webinar here.