On March 15, President Trump secretly reactivated the Alien Enemies Act to accelerate his deportation agenda. In response, 70 activists convened in Ajo, Arizona, to strategize against the administration's immigration policies. Among the participants was Dora Rodríguez, a Salvadoran activist and survivor of a perilous border crossing. Her testimony, recounting her near-death experience fleeing El Salvador's civil war, resonated with themes of U.S. militarism and its effect on migrants today. The retreat emphasized the continuing struggle for immigrant rights amidst political hostility.
Rodríguez has dedicated her life to providing humanitarian aid to migrants in the southern Arizona desert and recovering the abandoned remains of migrants lost in the desert.
The contemporary resonances of Romero's murder and Rodríguez's experience as a Salvadoran asylum seeker illustrate the ongoing impacts of U.S.-backed policies on immigration today.
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