Name: Zachary Cappadocia
Social Justice Group: DACA and Immigration
Name of Organization: East End Temple
Person (people) with whom I met and their job titles: Sara Gonzalo, Leader of NCS
Type of Fieldwork: Other
What I did:
My group and I participated in a training to be an ally to immigrants in the legal system.
What I learned:
This fieldwork touched upon an aspect of immigration we hadn’t quite touched upon yet. We learned a lot about the detension centers, the court system and how our legal system takes advantage of immigrants.
What I learned about Social Justice “work” and/or Civil and Human rights “work” from this fieldwork:
When deported the immigrants are held in detension centers before relocated into the country. The detension centers jail cells basicle have the same amount of room as a dog kenel. The immigrants are then given numbers. This is a terrible dehumanizing system. The legal system likes to take advantage of the