Justice at the Mexico-U.S. Border

(1 Credit Hour) · Undergraduate

This one credit S/U course examines why migrants leave their home countries, what they encounter at the border, responses from U.S.-based citizen and faith groups, and the effectiveness of U.S. enforcement policies. Students will engage with these questions in the Tucson, Arizona borderlands area during Spring Break (March 8 - March 14). While there, students will have the opportunity to observe legal proceedings, attend a humanitarian aid training, tour a Border Patrol facility, listen to stories from migrant families, visit the border wall, hear from Catholic and other faith leaders about their justice work along the border, visit a border community, and participate in a humanitarian desert trip. Before and after the trip, students will meet to learn about and reflect upon the experience of migration and possible responses inspired by Catholic Social Teaching. This course is open to all students. Transportation, food, and lodging are provided. So that we may book flights and make other arrangements, students who add this class will be required to sign a participation agreement.