2019年10月12日 星期六

A personal plea for humanity at the US-Mexico border

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October 12, 2019

A personal plea for humanity at the US-Mexico border

10:15 minutes · Filmed Sep 2019 · Posted Oct 2019 · TED Salon: Border Stories

In this powerful talk, author and academic Juan Enriquez shares stories from inside the immigration crisis at the US-Mexico border, bringing this often-abstract debate back down to earth -- and showing what you can do every day to create a sense of belonging for immigrants. "This isn't about kids and borders," he says. "It's about us. This is about who we are, who we the people are, as a nation and as individuals."

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