Immigration

Climate change, CAFTA and forced migration

On the last day of April, 16-year-old Juan de León Gutiérrez died in U.S. government custody in Texas. It was just 10 days since he had crossed the border after migrating from his home in Guatemala.

Uprooted Episode 55: A Green New Deal for Trade & Migration

The Green New Deal is a framework for a massive infrastructure plan that would address the challenges of climate change. We are rebroadcasting the audio from our event on January 8, 2019: A Green New Deal for Trade and Migration.

Trade, Migration and a Green New Deal

On January 8, IATP hosted a panel discussion on the intersection of trade, migration, and the proposed Green New Deal. Panelists included IATP Executive Director Juliette Majot, COPAL-MN Executive Director Francisco Segovia and Workday Minnesota Editor Filiberto Nolasco Gomez. The event was cosponsored by IATP, Alianza Americas and COPAL-MN.

Uprooted Episode 47: Climate Change, Farm Workers, and OSHA

Josh talks with IATP Intern, Kelly Kramer, about OSHA's failure to adequately address heat related death and injury in the agricultural sector, especially in the face of global warming.   

Immigration, Trade, and the Farm Bill: Fires from the Same Spark

The House is expected to vote on two immigration bills this week, both are not good, but one will curtail the rights of farmworkers, while further depressing the farm economy.

Radio Sustain: February 08, 2011

Justice from farm to fork: A former Chipotle employee explains why the burrito chain is under fire for mistreatment of workers. Danny Schwartzman, owner of Common Roots Café in Minneapolis, describes how the restaurant makes sourcing local, fair trade and organic look easy.

Lessons From NAFTA: Building a New Fair Trade Agenda

In 2007 IATP organized the conference "Lessons from NAFTA: Building a New Fair Trade Agenda" which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. With 45 groups signed on as co-sponsors, the conference was attended by over 250 people, including representatives from the media; the Minnesota state government; the Mexican and Canadian embassies; representatives from the Canadian, Mexican and U.S.