Really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us. Tom foreman slash science. Germany is celebrating its 30 years anniversary of reunification in 190 west germany and east germany reunited to become one nation what was it like to join us and shift today to take a virtual journey through time. This is what the berlin wall looked like and unbreachable stone obstacle on the close god dividing the city for most citizens of the g. D. Are leaving the country for west germany was not possible you had to go to extreme lengths to flee like digging underground tunnels using Virtual Reality its not possible to experience what it was like when people try to escape and one from khosla got to experience what it was like for his grandfather who dug a tunnel underneath the berlin wall. This man in this picture is tells me here from go is that hes my grandfather and in this picture you see him building a tunnel under the burden wall losing of your car goes o
Migration issues at the u. S. mexico border. Its about an hour and 15 minutes. Advocates, students in the audience. And we are looking forward to a robust discussion among our three expert panelists and a very strong question and answer period. My name is anna gallagher, executive director of the catholic Legal Immigration network. We are an Affiliate Organization with over 370 members in 49 states across the United States. I always like to say were sort of a sleeping giant. Were a quiet organization. Folks may not know our name as quickly as they know the aclu or other organizations. However, we do a lot of the groundwork to support and represent low income immigrants across the United States. We do we help build their programs. We train them. We do advocacy. We also have religious Immigration Services division, which represents and helps bring sisters, brothers, priests, clergy to work in immigrant communities in the United States. And in the last year we added our litigation. Weave
Test test. This is a captioning test. Test test test so this is another way to essentially decimate the asylum system. Im curious, sue, as to the roam of unhdr along the border, i dont know, just a moment, sue or dylan if you can talk to us and share that. I think pr is on the next panel hdr walk. Perhaps she can speak more on that, just sort of off the record what ive heard is its just very tricky for them. The u. S. Is the number one funder to uchdr. There are some some what are they called borderly liaisons or whatever, there is pun in el paso and one in san diego. But they have to keep a low profile and its unhcr mexico that is funding our work on the mexico side of the border. But its like an emphasis on mexican accessing mexican women. It has, we have to be tricky about it. We still provide information and referrals to, on the u. S. Asylum system. But you know they cant come out and be as strong apparently about this issue. But ill leave that to our unhcr colleagues to go into mo
Robust discussion among our three expert panelists and a very strong question and answer period. So ill start, just basically with a few remarks. My name is anna gallagher, executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network and we are an Affiliate Organization with over 370 members in 49 states across the United States. I always like to say were sort of the sleeping giant. We are a quiet organization. Folks might not know our name as quickly as they know the aclu or other organizations. However, we do a lot of the groundwork. The support and represent lower income immigrants across the United States. We do, we help build their programs. We train them. We do advocacy. We also have a religious Immigration Services division represents and helps bring sisters, brothers, priests, clergy to work in immigrant communities. And in the last year, we added our litigation. We up, increase our litigation quite a bit and have been involved as organizational plaintiffs or have been directly
And to see so many legal professionals advocates, students in the audience. And we are looking forward to a robust discussion among our three expert panelists and a very strong question and answer period. So ill start, just basically with a few remarks. My name is anna gallagher, executive director of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network and we are an Affiliate Organization with over 370 members in 49 states across the United States. I always like to say were sort of the sleeping giant. We are a quiet organization. Folks might not know our name as quickly as they know the aclu or other organizations. However, we do a lot of the groundwork. The support and represent lower income immigrants across the United States. We do, we help build their programs. We train them. We do advocacy. We also have a religious Immigration Services division represents and helps bring sisters, brothers, priests, clergy to work in immigrant communities. And in the last year, we added our litigation. We up, i