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Beyond the wall

(03/30/17 5:57am)

On Wednesday, March 14, I walked outside my front door in Mexico City to pick up the day’s issue of Reforma, Mexico’s leading newspaper. The front page headlines included stories ranging from rising drug cartel violence in Cancun to a blizzard in New York, but there was one key story missing—the discovery of 250 skulls in unmarked graves hidden in the state of Veracruz. This is the largest mass grave in the Mexican Drug War, and quite possibly, one of the largest mass graves ever discovered.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2017/03/beyond-the-wall

Highs and lows

(11/07/14 10:03am)

On Wednesday, October 22, while walking back to my dorm from the Bryan Center, I saw Mexican members of the Duke community holding a candle light vigil in front of the Chapel. They were holding the vigil in honor of the 43 student teachers who went missing in the town of Iguala, Mexico on September 26. The Mexican authorities have yet to find the students, but they have found 12 mass graves that belong to some of the 25,000 people who have disappeared in Mexico in the last eight years due to drug violence—drug violence that we as a nation and student body are funding.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2014/11/highs-and-lows

Vargas redefines American to tearful audience

(09/17/13 10:59am)

Tears fell in Page Auditorium as Jose Antonio Vargas recalled his experiences as an undocumented immigrant and his efforts to change the conversation surrounding immigration. Vargas discussed his individual experiences and struggles as a result of his immigration status. An award-winning journalist, he gained even greater media attention after he “came out” in 2011 in a New York Times Magazine article titled “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant.” "If they say I can't be here because I don't have any papers, what if I'm on the paper?" Vargas said, explaining his motivation to become a journalist.Originally from the Philippines, Vargas' mother sent him at the age of 12 to live with his grandparents and pursue a better life. Vargas noted that most of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States came with a similar purpose.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2013/09/vargas-redefines-american-tearful-audience